Is Portal Vein Arterialization A Possible Therapeutical Approach For Acute Hepatic Failure?
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First introduced in 1992 like a method to replace a damaged hepatic artery during major hepatobiliary surgery, Portal Vein arterialization (PVA) is becoming now a method to rescue the grafts in the field of liver transplantation, when an arterial thrombosis occur, and there are no alternative ways to restore the arterial flow. Moreover there are a lot of experimental studies showing that PVA has a beneficial effect in many pathologic situation, like it is, for example, in the toxic liver or when there is a small remnant after resection. We report a case in which PVA was used in a patient with acute hepatic failure from toxic liver.
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