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Nine-year patency of a vascular prosthesis used for portal vein reconstruction during pancreatoduodenectomy

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Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

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We report a patient in whom a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft used for reconstruction of the portal vein was confirmed to be patent 9 years after pancreatoduodenectomy (which was performed when he was aged 51 years). The patient had advanced cancer of the head of the pancreas. Pancreatoduodenectomy was performed, and 6 cm of the portal vein was resected. The portal vein was reconstructed with a PTFE graft (internal diameter 9 mm; length about 6 cm). The graft was demonstrated to be patent on angiography 3 years after the operation. A computed tomographic (CT) scan performed 9 years after the operation showed that the portal graft was still patent. About 2 years after the operation, the patient had been able to resume physical labor, similar to the work he performed before the operation.

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  1. Institute of Gastroenterology, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, 162, Tokyo, Japan

    Ken Takasaki, Masakazu Yamamoto, Masashi Tsugita, Takehito Ootsubo, Toshihide Imaizumi & Tatsuya Yoshikawa

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  1. Ken Takasaki
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Takasaki, K., Yamamoto, M., Tsugita, M. et al. Nine-year patency of a vascular prosthesis used for portal vein reconstruction during pancreatoduodenectomy. J Hep Bil Pancr Surg 4, 127–130 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01211354

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