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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 0041-1337 1534-6080 |
DOI: | 10.1097/00007890-200207270-00020 |