Abstract:An 11-year-old boy with a history of hepatoblastoma treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and liver transplantation presented with bleeding from Roux-en-Y limb varices. The transhepatic approach for portal intervention posed a risk of liver graft injury. An omental vein that was dilated as a collateral vein due to portal hypertension was found and compressible under ultrasound. The omental vein was percutaneously punctured, and the varices were embolized through a jejunal vein. No complication occurred… Show more
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