title: Reconstruction of middle hepatic vein of a living-donor right lobe liver graft with recipient left portal vein.
abstract: Venous outflow problems in right lobe, living-donor liver transplantation are uncommon, but devastating when they occur. We describe the successful use of the recipient's left portal vein as an interposition graft to drain a dominant middle hepatic vein in a right lobe liver transplant. Two weeks after transplantation, the vein graft accounted for 56% of the total venous outflow of the liver.
authors.affiliation: Multiorgan Transplantation Program, Toronto General Hospital, 621 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4. mark.cattral@uhn.on.ca
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cattral
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Greig
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muradali
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D011300:Preoperative Care