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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
A left lobe graft from a small donor will not usually fulfill the metabolic demands of a larger recipient in adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT). One solution to this problem is to use a right lobe graft. However, the necessity of middle hepatic vein (MHV) outflow drainage from the anterior segment (AS) of a right lobe graft has not yet been clearly described in the literature. From July 1997 to February 1998, five right lobe grafts without MHV outflow drainage were implanted in five adult recipients. The graft weights ranged from 650 to 1000 g, and their volumes ranged from 48% to 83% of the ideal liver mass of the recipients. Two grafts showed severe congestion of the AS immediately after reperfusion, followed by prolonged massive ascites and severe liver dysfunction in each patient postoperatively. Eventually, one patient died of sepsis, on posttransplant day 20, demonstrating progressive hepatic dysfunction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0944-1166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Anterior segment congestion of a right liver lobe graft in living-donor liver transplantation and strategy to prevent congestion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General Surgery, Division of Hepato-Biliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article