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Gastric volvulus as a complication of liver transplant.

Franco A, Vaughan KG, Vukcevic Z, Thomas S, Mazariegos GV

Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. arie.franco@chp.edu

We report a patient who developed mesenteroaxial gastric volvulus after a liver transplantation. We hypothesize that this complication may have been related to the ligation of the hepatogastric ligament done to mobilize the liver during hepatectomy.

Published 8 April 2005 in Pediatr Radiol, 35(3): 327-9.
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