Life made easy: simplifying reconstruction for dual portal veins in adult right lobe live donor liver transplantation

Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis Int. 2010 Oct;9(5):547-9.

Abstract

In live donor liver transplantation, anatomical anomalies of the portal vein are more frequently encountered in right lobe than left lobe grafts. Of these, a dual portal vein is one of the most common anatomical anomalies encountered. We hereby report our method of using a recipient portal vein patch after venoplasty for reconstruction in a right lobe graft with separate anterior and posterior portal vein branches.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Living Donors
  • Middle Aged
  • Portal Vein / anatomy & histology*
  • Portal Vein / surgery*
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods