title: Liver transplantation for patient with variant hepatic artery arising from right renal artery: a case report.
abstract: Abnormalities of recipient or donor vascular structures are common and associated with reconstructive difficulties in liver transplantation. A patient with a variant hepatic artery arising from right renal artery underwent modified piggyback liver transplantation in our center. The donor hepatic artery was anastomosed end-to-side to the recipient's middle colic artery. Graft function has remained excellent more than 1 year postoperatively.
authors.affiliation: Liver Transplantation Center, Department of General Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging