SELECTIVE REVASCULARIZATION OF HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSES AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IMPROVES PATIENT AND GRAFT SURVIVAL1

Abstract

Routine postoperative duplex ultrasonography should be performed early after liver transplantation. We believe that emergent revascularization of hepatic artery thrombosis in asymptomatic patients and retransplantation in symptomatic patients lead to improved graft salvage and patient survival with a relatively low incidence of late biliary complications.