title: Liver transplantation surgical techniques for extensive retroperitoneal tumor with major blood vessel involvement: a case report.
abstract: A case of a 71-year-old man with a huge retroperitoneal tumor situated behind the liver, which strongly compressed the liver inferior vena cava (IVC), and gastrointestinal tract is described. With the techniques of whole liver extraction and autologous orthotopic liver transplantation, we successfully removed the tumor. We have the surgical techniques, essential elements, and indications for this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan. kmiura@med.niigata-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kokai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006406:Hematoma; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008080:Liposarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012092:Replantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery