[Liver transplantation with preservation of the inferior vena cava and "piggyback" reimplantation of the liver].
A modified technique of orthotopic hepatic transplantation with inferior vena caval preservation and piggy-back procedure is described. This procedure, used in 14 patients, avoided the need for temporary vena cava clamping in nine cases and reduced the need for venous bypass during orthotopic liver transplantation. The indications, results and advantages of this procedure are described.
Meunier
B
B
Service de Chirurgie Digestive et de Transplantation d'Organes, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes.
Bardaxoglou
E
E
Spiliopoulos
G
G
Landen
S
S
Camus
C
C
Roumeas
J
J
Launois
B
B
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical; D012086:Reoperation; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*
Transplantation hépatique avec préservation de la vein cave inférieure et réimplantation du foie en "piggy-back".