Open AccessBENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF 3-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION ON HEPATIC VEIN RECONSTRUCTION IN LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION USING RIGHT LOBE GRAFT1
Author(s) -
Shoji Hiroshige,
Takashi Nishizaki,
Yuji Soejima,
Koji Hashimoto,
Ryuji Ohta,
Ryousuke Minagawa,
Mitsuo Shimada,
Hiroshi Honda,
Makoto Hashizume,
Keizō Sugimachi
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200112270-00022
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , lobe , vein , hepatectomy , hepatic veins , anastomosis , liver transplantation , transplantation , 3d reconstruction , living donor liver transplantation , radiology , anatomy , surgery , resection , computer science , computer vision
Recently, virtual operation planning and navigation systems have been introduced in the field of neurosurgery and orthopedic surgery. We report here the beneficial effects of 3-dimensional (3D) visualization on hepatic venous reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using right lobe graft.