title: The author reply.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Charite, Campus Virchow, Berlin 13353, Germany. vokler.schmitz@charite.de.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schmitz
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*