Living-donor liver transplantation for situs inversus: 2 case reports.
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.
Kamei
Hideya
H
Department of Transplantation and Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, 606-8397, Japan. hkamechan@yahoo.co.jp
Kasahara
Mureo
M
Uryuhara
Kenji
K
Kozaki
Koichi
K
Ogawa
Kohei
K
Ogura
Yasuhiro
Y
Fujimoto
Yasuhiro
Y
Takada
Yasutsugu
Y
Tanaka
Koichi
K
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