Recipient hepatectomy is considered as the most difficult part of a liver transplant operation. This article describes techniques to deal with scenarios like massive caudate lobe, a recipient with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) shunt in situ, a recipient with hepatocellular carcinoma, acute liver failure and a history of previous abdominal surgery.
Keywords: acute liver failure; caudate lobe; hepatocellular cancer; recipient hepatectomy.
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