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(a) Injection of the contrast medium via the micro-catheter advanced into the portal vein (arrows) shows one connection between one of the right portal branches and the right hepatic vein (large arrow). (b) Superior mesenteric arterial portography after the procedure showed no IPSVS. Note that the IPSVS is sufficiently occupied by the GDCs (arrows) and that the micro-balloon catheter positioned in the right hepatic vein has been deflated (arrowhead)
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The 5-F hook-shaped catheter was inserted into the right hepatic vein, followed by coaxial passage by a 0.018-inch micro-catheter (Renegade; Boston Scientific, Watertown, MA, USA) through the IPSVS into the portal vein (Fig. 1a). Superior mesenteric arterial portography obtained after the balloon was deflated showed sufficient embolization of the IPSVS (Fig. 1b).