Open AccessUsing Recipient’s Middle Hepatic Vein for Drainage of the Right Paramedian Sector in Right Liver Graft
Author(s) -
Hirotaka Tashiro,
Hideki Ohdan,
Toshiyuki Itamoto,
Yasuhiro Fudaba,
Hodaka Amano,
Akihiko Oshita,
K. Ishiyama,
Yuichiro Ushitora,
Toshimitsu Irei,
Masaichi Ohira,
Hiroyuki Tahara,
Masataka Banshoudani,
Yoshisato Tanimoto,
Minoru Ishufuro,
Toshimasa Asahara
Publication year - 2008
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.0b013e31818bc211
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , tributary , trunk , surgery , transplantation , vein , biology , ecology , cartography , geography
Congestion in the right paramedian sector of a right liver graft without a middle hepatic vein (MHV) may lead to graft dysfunction. To solve this problem, we have developed a technique for reconstructing the MHV tributaries of the right liver grafts by using the preserved recipient's native MHV trunk.