"Piggy back" adult orthotopic liver transplantation

Helv Chir Acta. 1989 Dec;56(4):527-30.

Abstract

In analogy to liver transplantation techniques developed in children, a method of adult liver grafting is described in which the recipient, intra- and retrohepatic, inferior vena cava is completely preserved.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Hemostasis, Surgical / methods
  • Hepatectomy / methods*
  • Hepatic Veins / surgery*
  • Hepatitis, Chronic / surgery
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery*