Open AccessLIVING-RELATED LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND VENA CAVA RECONSTRUCTION AFTER TOTAL HEPATECTOMY INCLUDING THE VENA CAVA FOR HEPATOBLASTOMA1
Author(s) -
Christophe Chardot,
Christine Saint Martin,
André Gilles,
Bénédicte Brichard,
M. Janssen,
Étienne Sokal,
Philippe Clapuyt,
Jan Lerut,
Raymond Reding,
Jean-Bernard Otte
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200201150-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , inferior vena cava , hepatectomy , transplantation , resection
In most cases of total hepatectomy (TH) required for hepatoblastoma (HB), the retrohepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) has to be removed with the native liver for complete tumor excision. Because the liver graft procured by living donation has no IVC, a reconstruction of the recipient IVC is needed. We report our experience with living-related liver transplantation (LRLT) and IVC replacement in such cases.