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- Title
Small-for-size partial liver graft in an adult recipient; a new transplant technique.
- Authors
Boillot, Olivier; Delafosse, Bertrand; Méchet, Isabelle; Boucaud, Catherine; Pouyet, Michel
- Abstract
We report a new technique of adult liver transplantation using a small-for-size graft. In order to avoid graft congestion and failure by overperfusion, we completely diverted the superior mesenteric venous flow by a mesocaval shunt with downstream ligation of the superior mesenteric vein. The recipient recovered well, and the graft had normal histology and function at 5 months follow-up. Given the current scarcity of cadaveric donors, this technique may increase the numbers of adult recipients by using left lobes from cadaveric split liver grafts.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 2002, Vol 359, Issue 9304, p406
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(02)07593-1