title: A new procedure for temporary auxiliary partial liver transplantation using living donor graft for patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy.
abstract: To introduce duct-to-duct biliary anastomosis to conventional temporary auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation (APOLT) using living donor graft for patients with familial amyloid polyneuropathy, we modified the conventional APOLT procedure in a manner characterized by the use of the recipient's common hepatic duct for biliary reconstruction and the preservation of the right posterior section alone for the certain placement of a tube into the corresponding biliary tree for external biliary drainage (modified APOLT). This procedure was performed in 3 patients without biliary complications. No complications associated with the external drainage tube occurred. Here we report the techniques and results for this new procedure.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasunari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: Atsuyoshi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mita
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Urata
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Shu-Ichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyagawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D028227:Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial / Q000601:surgery*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D006500:Hepatic Duct, Common / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male