New strategies for prevention and treatment of splenic artery steal syndrome after liver transplantation

Figure 1 Doppler images during occluding the splenic artery. A: Normal portal vein and disappeared hepatic artery flow signal as revealed by Doppler ultrasonography on the 2^nd day after transplantation; B: Reappearance of the hepatic artery flow signal revealed by Doppler ultrasonography after the treatment by occluding the splenic artery temporarily; C: Better hepatic artery flow signal on the 5^th day after the treatment; D: Normal hepatic artery flow signal at the end of the 3^th month after the orthotopic liver transplantation.