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A New procedure for temporary auxiliary partial liver transplantation using living donor graft for patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy
Author(s) -
Ohno Yasunari,
Kobayashi Akira,
Ikegami Toshihiko,
Masuda Yuichi,
Mita Atsuyoshi,
Urata Koichi,
Nakazawa Yuichi,
Terada Masaru,
Ikeda Shuichi,
Miyagawa Shinichi
Publication year - 2012
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.23392
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , anastomosis , living donor liver transplantation , surgery , amyloid polyneuropathy , biliary drainage , transplantation , disease , age of onset
To introduce duct‐to‐duct biliary anastomosis to conventional temporary auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT) using living donor graft for patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy, we modified the conventional APOLT procedure in a manner characterized by the use of the recipient's common hepatic duct for biliary reconstruction and the preservation of the right posterior section alone for the certain placement of a tube into the corresponding biliary tree for external biliary drainage (modified APOLT). This procedure was performed in 3 patients without biliary complications. No complications associated with the external drainage tube occurred. Here we report the techniques and results for this new procedure. Liver Transpl, 2012. © 2012 AASLD.