[A stent therapy for portal tumor thrombi. Use of Dacron sheet covered self expandable metallic stent]

Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. 1992 Aug 25;52(8):1192-4.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

We developed a method of intraportal placement of a covered stent against portal tumor thrombi. Half around a z-stent was covered with a Dacron mesh sheet. In one case with portal tumor thrombi protruding into the main portal branch, the stent was placed percutaneously-transhepatically, through a coaxial introducer. Immediately after the placement, portal vein was dilated and, which was still patent after six months. No complication has been observed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / pathology*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / pathology*
  • Polyethylene Terephthalates
  • Portal Vein / pathology*
  • Stainless Steel
  • Stents*
  • Surgical Mesh
  • Thrombosis / surgery*

Substances

  • Polyethylene Terephthalates
  • Stainless Steel