Controlled liver splitting for transplantation in two recipients: Technique, results and perspectives

✍ Scribed by Dr. D. Houssin; O. Boillot; O. Soubrane; C. Couinaud; J. Pitre; Y. Ozier; D. Devictor; O. Bernard; Y. Chapuis

• Book ID: 102771647
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 683 KB
• Volume: 80
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800800126

✦ Synopsis

series8-' the graft survival rate was disappointingly low. Assuming that several postoperative complications might be related to undetected anatomical variations, two of the present authors performed a detailed anatomical study and proposed a technique of controlled liver splitting". Opacification of the arterial and biliary trees allows identification of numerous possible anatomical variations. This led to the first successful clinical application of this technique in two children". The technical aspects, surgical complications and overall results of a series of 16 patients who received a graft after controlled liver splitting are now reported.