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Unusual Presentation of Left Hepatic Vein in Deceased Donor: Case Report
- Source :
- Transplantation Proceedings. 42:3865-3867
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2010.
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Abstract
- An anomaly of the left hepatic vein was discovered in a deceased donor for whole liver transplantation. This vein was attached by a thin bridge of tissue to the suprahepatic inferior vena cava cuff, which received the right and middle hepatic vein in a common trunk. The left hepatic vein and the common trunk drained together into the right atrium. The thin bridge of tissue connecting the 2 independent vessels was severed, and ex situ reduction of the left lateral segments was using a harmonic scalpel. Although a graft with reduced size is not ideal, ex situ reduction should be considered a valuable option when viability of the left lateral segments is uncertain in the donor or at the back table.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Reoperation
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
Hepatic Veins
Liver transplantation
Inferior vena cava
Right gastric vein
Cadaver
Harmonic scalpel
Humans
Medicine
Vein
Transplantation
business.industry
Anatomy
Middle Aged
Tissue Donors
Liver Transplantation
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
medicine.anatomical_structure
medicine.vein
Cuff
cardiovascular system
Female
Primary Graft Dysfunction
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00411345
- Volume :
- 42
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Transplantation Proceedings
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e4dbb4ea9433b1c4d4c7860cddc47372