Technical risk factors for portal vein reconstruction thrombosis in pancreatic resection Natalia O. Glebova, MD, PhD, Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS, Kristen M. Piazza, MSPAS, PA-C, Christopher J. Abularrage, MD, Andrew M. Cameron, MD, PhD, Richard D. Schulick, MD, MBA, Christopher L. Wolfgang, MD, PhD, James H. Black, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 62, Issue 2, Pages 424-433 (August 2015) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.01.061 Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Study design and patient selection. JHH, Johns Hopkins Hospital; PVR, portal vein reconstruction. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 424-433DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.01.061) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier analysis of patient survival (A) and patency at 1 year (B) stratified by individual portal vein reconstruction (PVR) type and of patient survival (C) and PVR patency (D) at 1 year comparing synthetic graft reconstruction and nonsynthetic reconstruction. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 424-433DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.01.061) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Illustrations showing involvement of the portal vein with tumor originating in the head of the pancreas (A) and techniques for portal vein reconstruction (PVR): primary repair by lateral venorrhaphy (B), patch repair (C), primary repair by portal vein mobilization and end-to-end anastomosis (D), vein interposition (E), and prosthetic graft interposition (F). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 424-433DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.01.061) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis for operative time with graft reconstruction. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2015 62, 424-433DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2015.01.061) Copyright © 2015 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions