title: Use of a branch patch with the cystic artery in living-related liver transplantation.
abstract: Technical aspects in living-related liver transplantation are still under debate: the main pitfall is the arterial reconstruction due to the small diameter and the discrepancy between stumps, with a subsequent increased risk of arterial thrombosis. The gold standard is the microsurgical technique, that reports the lowest risk of thrombosis, but it is a time consuming procedure requiring a long training. Our method of choice reconstructing hepatic artery in right lobe is the use of the cystic artery as a branch patch with the recipient hepatic artery by loop magnification, saving time and with a low incidence of hepatic artery thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Liver and Multivisceral Transplantation Center, University of Modena, Modena, Italy. f.diben@virgilio.it
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Di Benedetto
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lauro
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masetti
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cautero
authors.forename: Cristiano
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quintini
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dazzi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramacciato
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Risaliti
authors.forename: Charles M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Antonio D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Pinna
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*