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.

Obstruction of hepatic venous outflow is mainly ... The therapeutic principle of portosystemic shunting is to convert the portal vein into an outflow tract (reversed portal flow), thus ...

Although the formation of collaterals is classically regarded as a compensatory mechanism to bypass and thus alleviate an obstruction, the mechanism and inducement of collateral formation are unknown.

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

Figure 1 Portogram with Contrast Material Injected in the Inferior Mesenteric Vein Outlining the Communications between the Portal and Hepatic Veins in the Right Lobe of the Liver. Operative ...

Giving aspirin to anyone younger than 19 increases the risk of Reye's syndrome. Your portal vein is the vessel that brings blood to your liver from your intestines. But if a blood clot blocks the ...

More info A former target for the Criminal Assets Bureau - who was acquitted of tiger kidnapping charges - is ‘stuck in Dubai with deep vein thrombosis ... to fight an obstruction charge ...

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As a result, the gut’s primitive microbial flora is dysregulated, and bacteria are translocated into the blood. Two injury patterns, PAMP and DAMP, reach the liver via the portal vein and hepatic ...