Portal Venous Disease

Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2024 Jun;27(2):100959. doi: 10.1016/j.tvir.2024.100959. Epub 2024 Jun 14.

Abstract

Portal interventions in pediatric patients present unique difficulties when compared to adult procedures. In addition, children who need a portal intervention require a different workup and clinical management. Based on these elements, the clinical decisions for the study and treatment of these pathologies are different. This review is intended to present a summary of the interventional radiologist's role in treating pediatric portal venous diseases. Focus is placed on the technical elements, patient management and procedural indications while discussing different interventions involving the portal vein, providing some recommendations supported by recent research and the authors' experience.

Keywords: Interventional Radiology; Pediatrics; Portal vein; Venous Interventions.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Age Factors
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Phlebography
  • Portal Vein* / diagnostic imaging
  • Portal Vein* / physiopathology
  • Portography
  • Radiography, Interventional*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Diseases / physiopathology
  • Vascular Diseases / therapy