Expertise in the Care of Portal Vein Thrombosis
Precision · Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
August 2, 202228m 17s
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Show Notes
Lurie Children's is one of the only pediatric hospitals in the world home to experts in the surgical treatment and care for children with a rare disorder in which a clot forms blocking the main portal vein going into the liver. This condition is known as portal vein thrombosis, the cause of which in many cases is never determined. At Lurie Children's, two pediatric liver experts are able to help many children with this condition avoid a liver transplant, even when their families have previously been told that is the only treatment. Today we talk with those physician-surgeons, Drs. Riccardo Superina and Caroline Lemoine.