title: Anatomical variation and its management in transplantation.
abstract: Variant anatomy may be challenging at retrieval, with failure to identify variance being associated with organ damage, particularly vascular damage. On implantation, some variants demand nonstandard techniques of reconstruction or implantation. This review covers the common and less common anatomical variants of the liver, kidney and pancreas, and gives guidance as to how they may be managed during organ retrieval and implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.|Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: C J E
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.|Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: S J F
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Harper
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D008099:Liver / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000639:trends
keywords: Clinical research / practice; anatomy; organ procurement and allocation; organ transplantation in general; surgical technique