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Auxiliary partial orthotopic living donor liver transplantation for a child with congenital absence of the portal vein
Author(s) -
Soejima Yuji,
Taguchi Tomoaki,
Ogita Keiko,
Taketomi Akinobu,
Yoshizumi Tomoharu,
Uchiyama Hideaki,
Ohno Takuro,
Shimada Mitsuo,
Maehara Yoshihiko
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.20692
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , portal vein , surgery , shunt (medical) , transplantation , vein
Congenital absence of the portal vein (CAPV) is a rare malformation of the mesenteric vasculature in which visceral venous blood bypasses the liver, completely draining into the systemic circulation through a congenital porto‐systemic shunt. Liver transplantation has rarely been indicated for patients with this disease. We present a child with CAPV who was managed successfully by living donor auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT), while preserving the right lobe of the native liver. In conclusion, APOLT for patients with CAPV is a feasible and ideal procedure because portal vein (PV) diversion is not necessary. Liver Transpl 12:845–849, 2006. © 2006 AASLD.