Asymptomatic hepatic artery dissection early after living-donor liver transplantation with simultaneous splenectomy: two case reports.
Keita ShimataYasuhiko SugawaraTomoaki IrieYuzuru SambommatsuMasashi KadohisaSho IbukiSeiichi KawabataKaori IsonoMasaki HondaHidekazu YamamotoTaizo HibiPublished in: BMC gastroenterology (2020)
Patients who have an intimal dissection at the anastomosis site and/or simultaneous splenectomy are at a higher risk of hepatic artery dissection. Most patients with asymptomatic hepatic artery dissections can be treated conservatively. Blood flow in the intrahepatic artery should be checked frequently using Doppler ultrasonography or contrast-enhanced CT soon after diagnosis.