Onur Yaprak,Tolga Demirbas,Cihan Duran,Murat Dayangac,Murat Akyildiz,Yaman Tokat and Yildiray Yuzer Hepatobiliary and Organ Transplant Center,Florence Nightingale Hospital,Istanbul,Turkey
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Varied vascular and biliary anatomies are common in the liver. Living donor hepatectomy requires precise recognition of the hilar anatomy. This study was undertaken to study donor vascular and biliary tract variations, surgical approaches and implications in living liver transplant patients. METHODS: Two hundred living donor liver transplantations were performed at our institution between 2004 and 2009. All donors were evaluated by volumetric computerized tomography (CT), CT angiography and magn...