OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of stent placement in the management of @entity1211 after curative surgery for @entity788 . MATERIALS AND METHODS: From September 1995 to April 2007, percutaneous transhepatic portal venous stent placement was attempted in 19 @entity1 with postoperative @entity1211 . @entity1211 was a complication of surgery in 11 @entity1 and caused by @entity5 recurrence in eight @entity1 . The clinical manifestations were @entity843 , @entity360 , @entity476 , esophageal varices, and @entity409 . Stents were placed in the stenotic or occluded lesions after percutaneous transhepatic portography. Technical and clinical success, stent patency, and complications were evaluated. RESULTS: Stent placement was successful in 18 @entity1 (technical success rate, 95%). Clinical manifestations improved in 16 @entity1 (clinical success rate, 84%). The mean patency period among the 18 @entity1 with technical success was 21.3    23.2 months. The mean patency period of the benign stenosis group (30.1    25.6 months) was longer than that of the @entity5 recurrence group (7.3    7.7 months), and the difference was statistically significant (p = 0.038). There were two cases of a minor complication (transient fever) and three cases of major complications ( @entity295 , @entity5572 , and @entity49 ). CONCLUSION: Percutaneous transhepatic stent placement can be safe and effective in relieving @entity1211 after curative surgery for @entity788 . @entity1 with benign stenosis had more favorable results than did those with @entity5 recurrence.

Percutaneous transhepatic stent placement in the management of XXXX after curative surgery for @entity788 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity5572 :: ('MESH:D008100', 'Disease') :: ['liver abscess'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['pancreatic and biliary neoplasms'] @entity295 :: ('MESH:D018805', 'Disease') :: ['septicemia'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor'] @entity843 :: ('MESH:D001201', 'Disease') :: ['ascites'] @entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['abnormal liver function'] @entity49 :: ('MESH:D019851', 'Disease') :: ['acute portal venous thrombosis'] @entity476 :: ('MESH:D008551', 'Disease') :: ['melena'] @entity1211 :: ('MESH:D054556', 'Disease') :: ['portal venous stenosis', 'Portal venous stenosis'] @entity360 :: ('MESH:D006471', 'Disease') :: ['hematochezia']
@entity1211 :: (MESH:D054556,Disease) :: ['portal venous stenosis']
