title: Living-donor liver transplantation for situs inversus: 2 case reports.
abstract: Two cases of living-donor liver transplantation performed in patients with situs inversus are reported. The authors discuss the operative management for a situs inversus recipient to undergo liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation and Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan. hkamechan@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Hideya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamei
authors.forename: Mureo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uryuhara
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kozaki
authors.forename: Kohei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Yasutsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000713:Anastomosis, Roux-en-Y; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000637:transplantation; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D011171:Portoenterostomy, Hepatic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000601:surgery*; D013154:Spleen / Q000002:abnormalities; D015607:Stents