title: Living donor liver transplantation with renoportal anastomosis for a patient with congenital absence of the portal vein.
abstract: A congenital absence of the portal vein (CAPV) is a rare disorder that may lead to an intrapulmonary shunt. A 14-year-old male with CAPV underwent living donor liver transplantation with a left lobe graft from his father. The portal vein reconstruction was achieved with a renoportal anastomosis using an interpositional graft from the native collateral vein, because portal venous system directly drains to the left renal vein without constructing the confluence of superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein. The patient is doing well with a normal liver function and mild hypoxemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplant Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Seisuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shigeta
authors.forename: Ikumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hamano
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Akinari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Chiaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karaki
authors.forename: Atsuko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Mureo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara