A three-decade experience of radical open endvenectomy with pericardial patch graft for correction of Budd-Chiari syndrome Hitoshi Inafuku, MD, Yuji Morishima, MD, Takaaki Nagano, MD, Katsuya Arakaki, MD, Satoshi Yamashiro, MD, PhD, Yukio Kuniyoshi, MD, PhD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 50, Issue 3, Pages 590-593 (September 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.040 Copyright © 2009 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Reconstructed retrohepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) with fresh autologous pericardium patch. RA, right atrium. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2009 50, 590-593DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.040) Copyright © 2009 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Cumulative patency rates without reoperation or percutaneous transvenous balloon venoplasty. Patency rates are 90.5% at 5 years and 84.3% at 10 years. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2009 50, 590-593DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.040) Copyright © 2009 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Cumulative survival rates were 89.8% at 5 years and 70.7% at 10 years. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2009 50, 590-593DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2009.03.040) Copyright © 2009 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions