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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of an occluded surgical splenorenal shunt in a 4-year-old child after liver transplantation.

Yussim E, Shapiro R, Mor E, Belenky A, Atar E

Vascular and Interventional Radiology Unit, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, Israel. ethan_md@012.net.il

Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is increasingly used in children. We present a case of successful balloon angioplasty of an occluded surgical splenorenal shunt in a 4-year-old child who underwent liver transplantation because of biliary atresia. Percutaneous reopening of the shunt is a relatively safe procedure that may spare patients of surgical intervention.

Published 14 June 2005 in Pediatr Radiol, 35(7): 688-90.
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