Portal Vein Thrombosis After Transarterial Embolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

JAMA Surg. 2024 Mar 1;159(3):345-347. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.5909.

Authors

Marisa E Schwab^{1

2}, Hannah C Decker^{1

2}, Alexander Monto³, Rajiv Sawhney⁴, Carlos U Corvera^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco.
² Department of Surgery, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
³ Department of Hepatology, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
⁴ Department of Radiology, Veteran Affairs San Francisco, California.

PMID: 38150246
PMCID: PMC10753434 (available on 2024-12-27)
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.5909

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study assesses the association between venous thrombosis and embolization in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.

MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / pathology
Embolization, Therapeutic*
Humans
Liver Neoplasms* / pathology
Portal Vein / pathology
Treatment Outcome
Venous Thrombosis*