Left lobe living related liver transplantation in the absence of an extrahepatic left portal vein

Absence of a normal left extrahepatic portal vein is considered to be a contraindication to left lobe living-related liver transplantation. This report is of a successful case of living- related liver transplantation using a left lobe procured in a patient presenting with an absent horizontal segmen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transplantation 2002-07, Vol.74 (2), p.278-280
Hauptverfasser: LERUT, Jan, CICCARELLI, Olga, DANSE, Etienne, GOFFETTE, Pierre, VAN BEERS, Bernard, REDING, Raymond, OTTER, Jean-Bernard
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Zusammenfassung:Absence of a normal left extrahepatic portal vein is considered to be a contraindication to left lobe living-related liver transplantation. This report is of a successful case of living- related liver transplantation using a left lobe procured in a patient presenting with an absent horizontal segment of the left extrahepatic vein.
ISSN:0041-1337
1534-6080
DOI:10.1097/00007890-200207270-00020