Open AccessImpact of Graft Hepatic Vein Inferior Vena Cava Reconstruction with Graft Venoplasty and Inferior Vena Cava Cavoplasty in Living Donor Adult Liver Transplantation Using a Left Lobe Graft
Author(s) -
Taketoshi Suehiro,
Mitsuo Shimada,
Keiji Kishikawa,
Tatsuo Shimura,
Yuji Soejima,
Tomoharu Yoshizumi,
Kohji Hashimoto,
Yasushi Mochida,
Yoshihiko Maehara,
Hiroyuki Kuwano
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000173776.66867.f5
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , vein , surgery , ascites , transplantation , living donor liver transplantation , liver transplantation
Hepatic venous reconstruction is critical in living donor adult liver transplantation (LDALT) because outflow obstruction in small for size graft may lead to graft dysfunction or loss. We describe the usefulness of venoplasties of the graft hepatic vein (HV) and graft HV-recipient inferior vena cava (IVC) reconstruction in LDALT using a left lobe graft.