Open AccessThe Outcomes of Portal Vein Reconstruction With Vein Graft Interposition in Pediatric Liver Transplantation for Small Children With Biliary Atresia
Author(s) -
Seisuke Sakamoto,
Hajime Uchida,
Toshihiro Kitajima,
Seiichi Shimizu,
Shohei Yoshimura,
Masatoshi Takeda,
Yoshihiro Hirata,
Akira Fukuda,
Mureo Kasahara
Publication year - 2020
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/tp.0000000000002793
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary atresia , liver transplantation , portal vein thrombosis , surgery , univariate analysis , incidence (geometry) , atresia , stenosis , vein , portal vein , transplantation , single center , multivariate analysis , physics , optics
Several technical modifications in portal vein (PV) reconstruction have shown excellent outcomes in pediatric liver transplantation (LT); however, which procedure is the best for PV reconstruction of the hypoplastic PV in pediatric LT remains unclear.