title: Left gastric artery as an alternative for arterial reconstruction in orthotopic liver transplantation.
abstract: The hepatic arterial blood supply is indispensable for the survival of the graft during liver transplantation. Inadequacies in the recipient hepatic artery mandate arterial reconstruction different from the preferred method of direct anastomosis. We report the use of the left gastric artery as an attractive alternative for reconstructing the arterial blood supply of a transplanted liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mizrahi
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Boudreaux
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hussey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous