New venoplasty technique for the left liver plus caudate lobe in living donor liver transplantation

Yasuhiko Sugawara; Masatoshi Makuuchi; Junichi Kaneko; Takao Ohkubo; Yuichi Matsui; Hiroshi Imamura

doi:10.1053/jlts.2002.30159

New venoplasty technique for the left liver plus caudate lobe in living donor liver transplantation

Liver Transpl. 2002 Jan;8(1):76-7. doi: 10.1053/jlts.2002.30159.

Authors

Yasuhiko Sugawara¹, Masatoshi Makuuchi, Junichi Kaneko, Takao Ohkubo, Yuichi Matsui, Hiroshi Imamura

Affiliation

¹ Artificial Organ and Transplantation Surgery Division, University of Tokyo, Japan.

PMID: 11799490
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2002.30159

Abstract

A new technique is reported for complete venous drainage for a left liver with caudate lobe graft when a short hepatic vein and left and middle hepatic veins are located close to each other.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Hepatic Veins / surgery*
Humans
Liver Transplantation / methods*
Living Donors*