A case of living-related partial liver transplantation using the right gastroepiploic artery for hepatic artery reconstruction

A 13-year-old boy with liver cirrhosis underwent living-related partial liv er transplantation with a left lobe from his mother. A standard hepatic art ery reconstruction using the recipient right hepatic artery was anticipated . Unfortunately, the recipient hepatic artery was found to be severely arte riosclerotic and was unsuitable for reconstruction. Instead, the right gast roepiploic artery, measuring 2.0mm in diameter, was mobilized and was anast omosed to the left hepatic artery of the graft in an end-to-end fashion. Ar terial blood flow was satisfactory. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and he was transferred to a floor bed on the 5th postoperative day.