Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders
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J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord · Jan 2019
Radical surgical treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome through entire exposure of hepatic inferior vena cava.
Therapies for Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) can be divided into three main categories: medical, endovascular, and surgical. Surgery is applicable to the disease when other therapeutic options have failed. We introduce a surgical method of recanalization through exposure of the entire hepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) and hepatic vein (HV) outflow tract for BCS and investigate the long-term outcomes. ⋯ Surgical recanalization through exposure of the entire hepatic IVC for BCS is suitable for most primary BCS patients after failure of endovascular therapies.