Background: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is increasingly frequently being diagnosed, but systematic descriptions of the natural history and clinical handling of the condition are sparse.

aInstitute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital National Health Services Foundation Trust ... King's College London, London, UK dSchool of Transplantation, Immunology and Mucosal Biology, Faculty ...

In a groundbreaking medical achievement in the U.K., a 32-year-old woman from Manchester has undergone the country's first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer. Bianca Perea was diagnosed ...

These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

Objective To explore the risk factors of perioperative deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients with traumatic fracture after orthopaedic ... patients with underlying coagulopathy and severe ...

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Veno-occlusive disease 5 and small-for-size syndrome (after liver transplantation ... the portal vein into an outflow tract (reversed portal flow), thus decompressing the sinusoids. Thrombosis ...

Prognostic implication of body composition changes in patients with borderline resectable/locally advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) treated with mFOLFIRINOX. Comparison of hospital outcomes ...

In 51 (76%) patients, diagnosis was established by means of Doppler ultrasound ... PVT also had intrahepatic thrombosis (54%) and/or in the splenic vein (42%), and/or in superior mesenteric ...