ABO incompatibility as a possible risk factor for hepatic artery thrombosis in living donor liver transplantation

Department of Digestive and General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan; Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan Correspondence to: Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, MD, PhD. Department of Digestive and General Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa, 903-0215, Japan. Email: mtaka1@med.u-ryukyu.ac.jp. Provenance and Peer Review: This article was commissioned by the editorial office, Annals of Translational Medicine. The article did not undergo external peer review. Comment on: Kim SH, Park J, Park SJ. Impact of ABO-incompatibility on hepatic artery thrombosis in living donor liver transplantation. Ann Transl Med 2019;7:625.