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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is increasingly used in children. We present a case of successful balloon angioplasty of an occluded surgical splenorenal shunt in a 4-year-old child who underwent liver transplantation because of biliary atresia. Percutaneous reopening of the shunt is a relatively safe procedure that may spare patients of surgical intervention.
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Yussim, E., Shapiro, R., Mor, E. et al. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of an occluded surgical splenorenal shunt in a 4-year-old child after liver transplantation. Pediatr Radiol 35, 688–690 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-004-1396-0
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