Side-to-side cavo-cavostomy: a useful aid in “complicated” piggy-back liver transplantation |
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Authors: | J. Lerut P. Gertsch |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Inselspital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland;(2) Present address: University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong;(3) Present address: Department of Surgery, Cliniques Universitaire St. Luc, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Piggy-back liver transplantation is a useful technical variant of orthotopic liver transplantation. Its success can, however, be compromised by severe stenosis or obstruction of the recipient's inferior vena cava at the level of the anastomosis. A technique is described — side-to-side cavocavostomy — to resolve this difficult intraoperative situation. |
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Keywords: | Liver transplantation Caval anastomosis, liver transplantation Piggy-back liver transplantation |
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