title: Hepatic arterial anatomy for right liver procurement from living donors.
abstract: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using right liver grafts is now widely performed. Anatomic classifications of the hepatic artery for right liver procurement, however, are limited. In this study, celiac and mesenteric angiograms of 223 consecutive living donors in a single institution were evaluated. Details of the arterial anastomosis and results were reviewed in 72 patients who underwent primary LDLT using right liver grafts. There was a 6% incidence of hepatic arterial bifurcations that might provide multiple orifices in a right liver graft. Only one right liver graft (1%) had multiple arterial orifices. Single arterial anastomosis without interposition was possible in all patients with right liver grafts and none of them were complicated with hepatic arterial thrombosis. Single arterial anastomosis, therefore, has a high probability of success in right liver graft implantation.
authors.affiliation: Artificial Organ and Transplantation Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: Yasuhiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: Nobuhisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Hirotaka
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asato
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kokudo
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makuuchi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*