Arterial reconstruction in hepatic artery occlusions in adult living donor liver transplantation using gastric vessels
β Scribed by Chih-Chi Wang; Tsan-Shiun Lin; Chao-Long Chen; Allan M. Concejero; Shridhar G. Iyer; Yuan-Cheng Chiang
- Book ID
- 113920829
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 94 KB
- Volume
- 143
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-6060
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## Abstract Reconstruction of the hepatic artery (HA) is challenging, because there are technical difficulties. Especially, it is difficult to repair the posterior wall. In 2006, we reported an experimental study of the posterior wall first continuous suturing combined with the interrupted suturing
In living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT), reconstruction of the hepatic artery is challenging because the recipient artery is located deep in the abdominal cavity and the operating field is limited. Also, the hepatic artery of the graft is short and the recipient artery is occasionally damaged.