title: Living donor liver transplantation with alternative porto-left gastric vein anastomosis in patients with post-Kasai extrahepatic portal vein obstruction.
abstract: EPVO is a common cause of prehepatic portal hypertension in pediatric patients and sometimes results in cavernous transformation of the PV. We herein present the cases of two patients who underwent LDLT for EPVO with post-Kasai biliary atresia. PV reconstruction was performed with a porto-left gastric vein anastomosis. The patient who underwent PV reconstruction using an interposition vein graft is doing well without surgical complications, whereas PV anastomotic stenosis was detected three months after LDLT in the patient who did not receive an interposition vein graft. The availability of vein grafts is limited in the LDLT setting. In such cases, performing PV reconstruction with varicose veins using interposition vein grafts is a feasible and valuable alternative option for obtaining a sufficient portal blood flow. Our experiences suggest that using interposition vein grafts may be appropriate for preventing the anastomotic stenosis caused by the fragility of varicose veins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. t.kitajima0407@gmail.com
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitajima
authors.forename: Seisuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Ikumi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hamano
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Akinari
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Mureo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kasahara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014652:Vascular Diseases; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods