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TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS
Volume 36, Issue 8, Pages 2261-2262Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.08.079
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In adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), right lobe grafts without a middle hepatic vein can cause hepatic congestion and disturbance of venous drainage. To solve this problem, various types of interposition vein graft have been used. Objectives. We used various types of interposition vein grafts for drainage of the paramedian portion of the right lobe in living donor liver transplantation. Methods. From June 1996 to June 2003, 37 of 176 patients (128 adults, 48 pediatric) who underwent LDLT received vein grafts for drainage of segments V, VIII, or the inferior portion of the right lobe. Results. In 36 adult cases the reconstruction included the inferior mesenteric vein of the donor (n = 14); cadaveric iliac vein stored at cold (4degreesC) temperature (n = 5); cryopreserved (- 180degreesC) cadaveric iliac vein (n = 10); cryopreserved cadaveric iliac artery (n = I case); donor ovarian vein (n = 1); recipient umbilical vein (n = 3); recipient saphenous vein (n = 1); recipient left portal vein (n = 1); recipient left hepatic vein (n = 1). In a pediatric case with malignant hemangioendothelioma that encased and compressed the inferior vena cava, we used Conclusion. Various types of interposition vein grafts can be used in living donor liver transplantation. Cryopreserved cadaveric iliac vein and artery are useful to solve these drainage problems.
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