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How to do liver transplantation using liver allografts with damaged supra‐hepatic inferior vena cava
Author(s) -
Chedid Marcio F.,
Albuquerque Henrique W.,
Guerra Gilda,
Chedid Aljamir D.,
Leipnitz Ian,
Pereira Pedro F.,
Schramm Ricardo V.,
Kruel Cleber R. P.,
GrezzanaFilho Tomaz J. M.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/ans.16178
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , hepatic veins , liver transplantation , vena cava , anastomosis , transplantation , hepatectomy , surgery , resection
During deceased donor procurement, the heart procurement team may cut the supra‐hepatic inferior vena cava (IVC) too close to the liver surface, depriving the liver allograft from having enough supra‐hepatic IVC to perform the anastomosis with the recipient's IVC or hepatic veins. In such instances, liver grafts usually are deemed as non‐appropriate for transplantation, being discarded. Here we report a technique for reconstruction of damaged supra‐hepatic IVCs through the use of a segment of the infra‐hepatic IVC of the liver graft.