Color Doppler ultrasonic monitoring of hepatic artery thrombosis after partial liver transplantation / 中华器官移植杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the color Doppler ultrasonic monitoring of hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) at early stage after partial liver transplantation.Methods Thirty-three cases subject to partial liver transplantation were examined by color Doppler ultrasound every day within 2 weeks. HAT was confirmed according to the findings of color flow and spectrum. All patients underwent angiography and the survived patients were followed up.Results Color Doppler ultrasonic examination showed there were 2 cases of acute HAT after operation. In one case of postoperative HAT, was treated by emergency operation, and the other was treated by twice operations.Conclusion Color Doppler flow image (CDFI) is the choice of method in the diagnosis of HAT, at early stage after liver transplantation.