Reconstruction of middle hepatic vein of a living-donor right lobe liver graft with recipient left portal vein

Authors
Cattral, MS Greig, PD Muradali, D Grant, D
Citation
Ms. Cattral et al., Reconstruction of middle hepatic vein of a living-donor right lobe liver graft with recipient left portal vein, TRANSPLANT, 71(12), 2001, pp. 1864-1866
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
TRANSPLANTATION
ISSN journal
00411337 → ACNP
Volume
71
Issue
12
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1864 - 1866
Database
ISI
SICI code
0041-1337(20010627)71:12<1864:ROMHVO>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Venous outflow problems in right lobe, living-donor liver transplantation a re uncommon, but devastating when they occur. We describe the successful us e of the recipient's left portal vein as an interposition graft to drain a dominant middle hepatic vein in a right lobe liver transplant, Two weeks af ter transplantation, the vein graft accounted for 56% of the total venous o utflow of the liver.