title: Right trisegmentectomy with a synthetic vena cava graft.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Health Center of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Iwatsuki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Todo
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Starzl
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates