Hepatic arterial anatomy for right liver procurement from living donors
Open Access
- 6 January 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Liver Transplantation
- Vol. 10 (1), 129-133
- https://doi.org/10.1002/lt.20010
Abstract
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using right liver grafts is now widely performed. Anatomic classifications of the hepatic artery for right liver procurement, however, are limited. In this study, celiac and mesenteric angiograms of 223 consecutive living donors in a single institution were evaluated. Details of the arterial anastomosis and results were reviewed in 72 patients who underwent primary LDLT using right liver grafts. There was a 6% incidence of hepatic arterial bifurcations that might provide multiple orifices in a right liver graft. Only one right liver graft (1%) had multiple arterial orifices. Single arterial anastomosis without interposition was possible in all patients with right liver grafts and none of them were complicated with hepatic arterial thrombosis. Single arterial anastomosis, therefore, has a high probability of success in right liver graft implantation. (Liver Transpl 2004;10:129–133.)Keywords
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