Interventional Radiology for Hepatic Arterial Complications in an Infant during Early Post-operative Stage of Living-related Liver Transplantation :A Case Report

Yoshiyuki Yoshida, Tatsuya Yamamoto, Toshinori Aihara, Hideharu Sugimoto
Koichi Mizuta1）, Hideo Kawarasaki1）
Department of Radiology and Transplant Surgery1）, Jichi Medical University

Abstract
Although interventional radiology for complications in the hepatic artery has been reported in adults with liver transplantation, experience in infants has rarely been reported. Herein, we report a patient who underwent successful interventional procedures for had biliary atresia, treated with living-related liver transplantation, but developed occlusion of the hepatic artery in the early post-operative period. Our case suggested that interventional procedures such as percutaneous transluminal angioplasty appeared to be safe and feasible, and can be performed repeatedly even in the early post-operative period after implantation.

Keywords：Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, Infant, Living-related Liver Transplantation