Percutaneous treatment of benign portal vein stenosis after liver transplantation.

1996 
O SCVIR, 1996 PORTAL vein stenosis at the site of anastomosis is a relatively uncommon complication following liver transplantation (1). Although such complications have traditionally been managed surgically, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and placement of vascular endoprostheses have increasingly been used as therapeutic alternatives in selected patients (2,3). We present two cases of anastomotic stenosis of the portal vein in liver transplant recipients. One patient was treated with PTA and the other was managed with balloon dilation and subsequent implantation of a vascular stent.
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