title: Living donor liver transplantation in the absence of inferior vena cava: a case report.
abstract: Because of difficulties in the supply of cadaveric organs, of living donor liver transplantations are performed in increasing numbers. Congenital hepatic fibrosis associated with fibrosis and atrophy of the inferior vena cava were present in a potential recipient of living donor liver transplantation. This case report documented living donor liver transplantation as a treatment modality for a patient with absence of the inferior vena cava due to chronic liver failure.
authors: Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. hamitsinanh@gmail.com
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Hatipoglu
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Olmez
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Ozgor
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Kayaalp
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D055815:Young Adult