title: Totally laparoscopic full left hepatectomy for living donor liver transplantation in adolescents and adults.
abstract: In recent years different minimal access strategies have been designed in order to perform living donor liver surgery for adult recipients with less morbidity. Techniques involve shortening the length of the incision with or without previous laparoscopic mobilization of the liver. Herein we present two cases of totally laparoscopic living donor left hepatectomy, with and without removal of the middle hepatic vein, respectively. We describe in detail the anatomical and technical aspects of the procedure focusing on relevant points to enhance safety.
authors.affiliation: Division of Abdominal Organ Transplantation, Department of Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Samstein
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cherqui
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rotellar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Griesemer
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Halazun
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guarrera
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Emond
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000601:surgery; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting
keywords: Adult; laparoscopy; left lobe graft; live donor transplantation; liver transplantation