Pediatric Vascular Surgery Review with a 30-Year-Experience in a Tertiary Referral Center.

Author: Seung Kee MIN ¹ ; Sungsin CHO ; Hyun Young KIM ; Sang Joon KIM
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1. Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Review
Keywords: Children; Aortic aneurysm; Renovascular hypertension; Portal hypertension; Thrombectomy; Autotransplantation
MeSH: Adult; Aneurysm; Aortic Aneurysm; Child; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension, Portal; Hypertension, Renovascular; Rare Diseases; Seoul; Surgeons; Tertiary Care Centers*; Thrombectomy; Transplantation, Autologous; Vascular Diseases
From:Vascular Specialist International 2017;33(2):47-54
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: Pediatric vascular disease is rare, and remains a big challenge to vascular surgeons. In contrast to adults, surgery for pediatric vascular disease is complicated by issues related to small size, future growth, and availability of suitable vascular conduit. During the last 30 years, 131 major vascular operations were performed in a tertiary referral center, Seoul National University Hospital, including aortoiliac aneurysm, acute or chronic arterial occlusion, renovascular hypertension, portal venous hypertension, trauma, tumor invasion to major abdominal vessels, and others. Herein we review on the important pediatric vascular diseases and share our clinical experiences on these rare diseases.