Hepatic venous outflow reconstruction in right lobe graft without middle hepatic vein

• Published in: Hepatology research Vol. 37; no. 12; pp. 1044 - 1051
• Main Authors: Wu, Hong, Yan, Lu-Nan, Li, Bo, Zeng, Yong, Wen, Tian-Fu, Zhao, Ji-Chun, Wang, Wen-Tao, Yang, Jia-Yin, Xu, Ming-Qing, Chen, Zhe-Yu, Lu, Qiang, Luo, Hong-zhi, Li, Jin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.12.2007
• Subjects: adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation; middle hepatic vein; outflow reconstruction; right lobe graft; small-for-size syndrome

Background:  We explored the pattern of hepatic venous outflow reconstruction in adult right lobe (segments V5–8) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) without the middle hepatic vein (MHV). The difficulty and challenge of LDLT without MHV is the outflow reconstruction of hepatic vein. We have m...