CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO Hepatic Portal Venous Gas: A CASE REPORT

Highlights • Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) is a rare condition often associated with a significant underlying pathologies. • The mechanism underlying the passage of the gas from the intestine into the mesenteric, then portal, venous system is not fully understood. • The high mortality rate made H...

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Published in:International journal of surgery case reports 2017-01, Vol.30, p.183-185
Main Authors: Ginesu, G.C, Barmina, M, Cossu, M.L, Feo, C.F, Fancellu, A, Addis, F, Porcu, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bowel obstruction
Case Report
Complications abdominal surgery
Computed tomography
Mesenteric ischemia
Portal venous gas
Surgery
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Summary:Highlights • Hepatic Portal Venous Gas (HPVG) is a rare condition often associated with a significant underlying pathologies. • The mechanism underlying the passage of the gas from the intestine into the mesenteric, then portal, venous system is not fully understood. • The high mortality rate made HPVG a cause of mandatory explorative laparotomy throughout the last fifty years of the twentieth century. • The frequent presence of benign conditions underlying this condition has diverted the common therapeutic approach to more cautious options.
ISSN:2210-2612
2210-2612
DOI:10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.12.006