Intrahepatic biliary anatomy of living adult liver donors: correlation of mangafodipir trisodium-enhanced MR cholangiography and intraoperative cholangiography.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of our study was to assess the usefulness of mangafodipir trisodium-enhanced MR cholangiography for evaluating intrahepatic biliary anatomy of adult living liver donors and to correlate the results with intraoperative cholangiography.


CONCLUSIONS
Mangafodipir trisodium-enhanced MR cholangiography accurately shows the biliary anatomy in the livers of donors. Noninvasive preoperative evaluation of the biliary anatomy in donor candidates is important for the detection of common anatomic variants that may require alternative graft-harvesting surgery.
Kapoor
Vibhu
V
Department of Radiology, Division of Abdominal Imaging, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Peterson
Mark S
MS
Baron
Richard L
RL
Patel
Susanj
S
Eghtesad
Bijan
B
Fung
John J
JJ
D000328:Adult; D001659:Biliary Tract / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D002758:Cholangiography; D003287:Contrast Media; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D003287:Contrast Media; D011732:Pyridoxal Phosphate; D004492:Edetic Acid; C060076:N,N'-bis(pyridoxal-5-phosphate)ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetic acid