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Malformación de Abernethy: causa inusual de cianosis central en pediatría

El shunt porto sistémico congénito es una causa rara de hipoxemia y una patología muy poco frecuente con complicaciones severas si no es tratada. Fue descrito por primera vez por John Abernethy en 1793. Existen dos tipos: tipo I (shunt termino lateral) en el que hay ausencia total del flujo portal int...

Portograma aéreo y neumatosis intestinal como hallazgos incidentales en postoperatorio de cirugía abdominal

Rev. chil. radiol; 24 (1), 2018
Portograma aéreo o portograma de aire (PA), se define como la presencia de aire en el sistema venoso portomesentérico. Neumatosis intestinal (NI) se define como la presencia de aire en la pared intestinal, independiente de su causa o localización. La principal etiología de estas alteraciones es la is...

Percutaneous radiofrequency assisted liver partition with portal vein embolization for staged hepatectomy (pralpps)

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 31 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: When a major hepatic resection is necessary, sometimes the future liver remnant is not enough to maintain sufficient liver function and patients are more likely to develop liver failure after surgery. Aim: To test the hypothesis that performing a percutaneous radiofrecuency liver ...

Escleroterapia endoscópica asistida mediante balón oclusivo como tratamiento de varices gástricas cardiofúndicas de alto riesgo: reporte de dos casos y revisión de la literatura

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (10), 2017
Management of gastrointestinal bleeding caused by fundal varices is particularly difficult to manage. The options are: transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), endoscopic injection of cyanoacrylate or balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO). We report a 63 year-old male w...

Asociación de partición hepática y ligadura portal para hepatectomía por etapas (ALPPS)

Int. j. morphol; 35 (3), 2017
La disfunción hepática postoperatoria del remanente hepático que ocurre en pacientes sometidos a grandes resecciones hepáticas, es un problema complejo y temido, dado su pronóstico incierto. La asociación de partición hepática y ligadura portal para hepatectomía por etapas (ALPPS), es un enfoque...

Evaluation of growth and nutritional status in children and adolescents with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction and portal hypertension

Rev. Nutr. (Online); 30 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective: This study aims to evaluate dietary intake, nutritional status, and growth rate in children and adolescents with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction and portal hypertension. Methods: Outpatients aged 1-18 years, diagnosed with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction and portal hyperte...

Transection of the hepatic parenchyma associated or not with the contralateral portal vein branch ligature and its effect in liver regeneration

Einstein (Säo Paulo); 15 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Objective To analyze the influence of portal vein ligation in hepatic regeneration by immunohistochemical criteria. Methods Ten pigs divided into two groups of five animals underwent hepatectomy in two stages, and the groups were differentiated by ligation or not of the left portal vein trib...

Pileflebite: relato de caso

A Pileflebite é uma rara e grave complicação de diversas infecções intra-abdominais e pélvicas. Inicia-se através de uma tromboflebite de pequenos vasos que drenam uma área infectada e tem, como principais manifestações, a dor abdominal e a febre. É descrito caso de trombose séptica de veia p...

Clinical Impact of Portal Vein Thrombosis Prior to Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Ann. hepatol; 16 (2), 2017
ABSTRACT Introduction. To identify the impact of portal vein thrombosis (PVT) and associated medical and surgical factors on outcomes post liver transplant (LT). Material and methods. Two analyses were performed. Analysis One: cohort study of 505 consecutive patients who underwent LT (Alberta) betwee...