A Pioneering Technique of Vall d'Hebron Allows the Removal of a Liver Vein in Children without Surgery
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The procedure has been successful in 12 of the 24 patients treated with this new technique.
María José Correa was 12 years old when she started vomiting large amounts of blood. She had never experienced any serious health problems and her family was terrified. Doctors in her native Vitoria identified that she was suffering from digestive bleeding caused by a clot in the portal vein, which is responsible for transporting blood from the intestine and spleen to the liver. The girl had to be urgently referred to the Vall d'Hebron Hospital,…
Obstruction of the portal vein, a thick blood vessel that carries blood from the organs of the digestive system and spleen directly to the liver, can trigger serious complications during childhood. Bleeding, alterations in platelet counts and problems affecting other organs are part of the consequences of portal hypertension, a disease that has been mainly addressed for years through procedures aimed at treating its complications. In some seriou…
A technique allows to reopen the obstructed vein of the liver in minors without surgery
Since 2018, it is the first and only Spanish hospital to treat portal vein obstruction in minors with this procedure much less invasive than traditional surgery
Since 2018, the hospital has performed 24 extrahepatic vein rechannelings in paediatric patients using interventional radiology, with an average age of eight years
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