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  • Title: Recurrent gastric varices bleeding after living-related liver transplantation successfully eradicated by splenic artery embolization.
    Author: Lu LS, Hung FC, Chuah SK, Chiu KW, Hu TH, Cheng YF, Chen CL.
    Journal: Hepatogastroenterology; 2012; 59(117):1586-8. PubMed ID: 22414565.
    Abstract:
    Living related liver transplantation (LRLT) may not be the only treatment for recurrent bleeding due to severe gastric varices secondary to left-side portal hypertension and splenic vein thrombosis. Splenectomy is the preferred long-term standard treatment for non-orthotopic liver transplantation patients, but additional treatments such as post-transplantation partial splenic arterial embolization to preserve the immunological function of the spleen and thus prevent the occurrence of post LRLT severe infection are suggested for these patients.
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