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

Table 1 Complications associated with prophylactic procedures for splenic artery steal syndrome after orthotopic liver transplantation n (%)

Complication	Banding the splenic artery	Standard arterial reconstruction
	(n = 28)	(n = 15)
SASS	-	5 (33.3%)
Local ischemic necrosis in the spleen	-	1 (6.7%)
Splenic arterial thrombus	1 (3.6%)	-
Non-anastomotic biliary stricture	1 (3.6%)	2 (13.3%)
Total	2 (7.1%)	6 (40.0%)1

¹The infarction of the spleen and a case of the nonanastomotic biliary stricture occurred in recipients with splenic artery steal syndrome (SASS), respectively.