title: Liver transplantation by "face-à-face" venacavaplasty.
abstract: A modification of the technique of liver transplantation by the face-à-face venacavaplasty is described and the use in four patients reported. This technique enables livers with a small vena cava to be inserted in an anatomic fashion and should help increase the use of such grafts where disparity between vessel size exists.
authors.affiliation: Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, South Paris Faculty of Medicine, Paul Brousse Hospital, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bismuth
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castaing
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Sherlock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014684:Venae Cavae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*