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Disastrous Portal Vein Embolization Turned into a Successful Intervention

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Portal vein embolization (PVE) may be performed before hemihepatectomy to increase the volume of future liver remnant (FLR) and to reduce the risk of postoperative liver insufficiency. We report the case of a 71-year-old patient with hilar cholangiocarcinoma undergoing PVE with access from the right portal vein using a mixture of n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate and ethiodized oil. During the procedure, nontarget embolization of the left portal vein occurred. An aspiration maneuver of the polymerized plug failed; however, the embolus obstructing portal venous flow in the FLR was successfully relocated into the right portal vein while carefully bypassing the plug with a balloon catheter, inflating the balloon, and pulling the plug into the main right portal vein.

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Tomas Dobrocky, Joachim Kettenbach, Ruben Lopez-Benitez, and Levent Kara declare that there is no conflict of interest. This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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  1. Department of Interventional, Pediatric and Diagnostic Radiology, Inselspital, University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    Tomas Dobrocky, Ruben Lopez-Benitez & Levent Kara

  2. Institute of Medical Radiology, Diagnostic, Intervention, Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten-Lilienfeld, Propst Führer-Straße 4, 3100, St. Pölten, Austria

    Joachim Kettenbach

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Dobrocky, T., Kettenbach, J., Lopez-Benitez, R. et al. Disastrous Portal Vein Embolization Turned into a Successful Intervention. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 38, 1365–1368 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-014-0985-z

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