Obstruction of the portal vein may be related to constriction by malignant tumors or thrombosis associated with liver disease. We herein have reported our experience with patients undergoing liver transplantation with portal vein thrombosis (PVT) whose diagnosis was made intraoperatively. From September 1991 to May 2009, we studied 27/419 (6.4%) patients with PVT who were evaluated according to the presence of esophagogastric varices, underlying disease, malignancy, and if there was previous surgery, review of medical records on data collected prospectively. We observed 24 (88.9%) patients with PVT grade 1, 2 (7.4%) with grade 2, and 1 (3.7%) with grade 3. The average age of the PVT patients was 47.5 years; the average model for End-Stage Liver Discase score was 18.3, and the predominant diagnosis, hepatitis C cirrhosis. Eighteen underwent a sclerotherapy/ligature. The sensitivity of ultrasound for grade 1 thrombosis was 39.1%; for grade 2, 50%; and for grade 3, 100%. Portal vein thrombectomy was performed in 24 patients. In other patients (grade 2), we performed an anastomosis of the donor portal vein to the recipient gastric vein or to a greater splanchnic collateral vein. In only 1 patient was the graft performed using the donor portal vein-donor iliac vein-recipient superior mesenteric vein. None of the patients displayed PVT in the immediate postoperative period. Actuarial survivals at the years 1, 3, and 5 were 85%, 74%, and 63%, respectively. We concluded that PVT cannot be considered to be a contraindication for liver transplantation.
RESUMO Objetivo: caracterizar o perfil dos potenciais e dos efetivos doadores de órgãos, e identificar os fatores relacionados a não efetivação da doação. Métodos: estudo retrospectivo transversal com coleta de dados das fichas da Organização de Procura de Órgãos do Hospital das Clínicas da Unicamp, referente ao período de janeiro de 2013 a abril de 2018. Resultados: o estudo contou com 1.772 potenciais doadores; predominou-se o sexo masculino (57,39%) e o evento vascular (n=996) foi a principal causa de morte encefálica. A recusa familiar (42,8%) foi o motivo mais comum para não doação de órgãos. Houve diferença estatística entre doadores e não doadores quanto à média de idade e pressão arterial sistólica, assim como houve relação entre a doação de órgãos e a ausência de diabetes e tabagismo. Conclusão: a maioria dos doadores efetivos foi do sexo masculino e jovem. As principais causas de morte encefálica e de recusa familiar foram, respectivamente, vasculares e não manifestação da vontade de ser doador após a morte. O etilismo foi mais presente nas causas traumáticas, assim como, o sexo masculino. Assim, iniciativas de conscientização populacional e abertura de discussão dentro da família sobre o ato da doação contribuem para o aumento do índice de doadores efetivos.
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) was for a long time considered a barrier to liver transplantation. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the surgical technical options for portal vein reconstruction during liver transplantation in patients with PVT in which thrombectomy was not possible. Between September 1991 and March 2009, 420 liver transplanted patients were retrospectively analyzed, identifying 29 cases with PVT (6.9%). Preoperative diagnosis, preoperative risk factors, surgical technique options to treat various forms (grades) of PVT, postoperative recurrence and actuarial survival rates were studied. In three cases of PVT grade II and in one case PVT grade III the thrombectomy was insufficient, requiring some surgical technique options (13.79%). In two cases placement of iliac vein graft was performed, in one an anastomosis of the portal vein with collateral splenorenal vein and in the other with left gastric varicose. The actuarial survival rate for patients without PVT and patients with PVT and effective thrombectomy was 73.8% while those with PVT who needed some type of surgical option was 75%. Our results suggest that actuarial survival rates were similar among patients with PVT or PVT with effective thrombectomy when compared with PVT that required some surgical options
paramount importance that health services understand and investigate Vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia and its possible complications, including surgical ones.
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