Right trisegmentectomy with a synthetic vena cava graft.
In the course of a right trisegmentectomy of the liver, nearly the entire length of the retrohepatic vena cava was replaced with a Dacron graft. Patency of the graft was proved by a venacavogram a year later.
Iwatsuki
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Department of Surgery, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
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D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007890:Leiomyosarcoma / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates