Open AccessExplanted Portal Vein Grafts for Middle Hepatic Vein Tributaries in Living-Donor Liver Transplantation
Author(s) -
Toru Ikegami,
Yuji Soejima,
Akinobu Taketomi,
Tomoharu Yoshizumi,
Noboru Harada,
Hideaki Uchiyama,
Mitsuo Shimada,
Yoshihiko Maehara
Publication year - 2007
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.0000296483.89112.4c
Subject(s) - medicine , vein , surgery , liver transplantation , occlusion , transplantation , liver function
The availability of a venous graft is limited in the setting of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), and the management of the middle hepatic vein middle hepatic vein tributaries in right lobe LDLT still remains controversial.