Reconstruction of the suprahepatic cuff injured during multiorgan procurement using the infrahepatic vena cava of the liver allograft

Use of a donor aortic interposition allo

Use of a donor aortic interposition allograft to treat stenosis of the suprahepatic inferior vena cava after liver transplantation

✍ Kourosh Saeb-Parsy; Asif Jah; Andrew J. Butler; Stephen Large; Gavin J. Pettigre 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 200 KB 👁 1 views

Partial or complete obstruction of the inferior vena cava (IVC), due to anastomotic stenosis or thrombosis leading to hepatic outflow obstruction, is a recognized complication of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Although its overall incidence is less than 2%, it is more commonly reported afte