title: "Piggy back" adult orthotopic liver transplantation.
abstract: In analogy to liver transplantation techniques developed in children, a method of adult liver grafting is described in which the recipient, intra- and retrohepatic, inferior vena cava is completely preserved.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lerut
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gertsch
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Blumgart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*