title: Left trisegmentectomy with reconstruction of segment 6 hepatic venous outflow using cryopreserved vein graft.
abstract: Liver resections that require hepatic vein reconstruction rarely occur. Options regarding venous reconstruction include primary end-to-end reconstruction, reimplantation into the vena cava, or the use of a variety of autologous or synthetic grafts. Cryopreserved vein grafts have recently become available for use. We describe a left trisegmentectomy with bile duct resection/reconstruction during which the segment 6 hepatic vein was reconstructed into the inferior vena cava using a cryopreserved vein graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0286, USA. heming@surgery.ufl.edu
authors.forename: Alan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Hemming
authors.forename: Alan I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D015925:Cryopreservation; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006085:Graft Survival; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008102:Liver Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*