Early posttransplantation portal vein stenosis following living donor liver transplantation: percutaneous transhepatic primary stent placement.

Surgical treatments have usually been preferred for early posttransplantation portal inflow abnormalities. However, these treatments are limited due to their technical difficulty and multiple complicating factors. The present study reports the efficacy and safety of percutaneous transhepatic primary stent placement to treat early posttransplantation (