Portal vein reconstruction in adult living donor liver transplantation using cryopreserved vein grafts.

Full Abstract

No data are available for the management of venous jump or interposition conduits for portal vein (PV) reconstruction in adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The feasibility of using cryopreserved vein grafts as PV conduits was examined. Cryopreserved vein (n = 23) was used as a patch, interposition, or jump graft. The patency results were compared with those of anastomosis without vein patch (n = 217) or those with vein autografts (n = 10). The 5-yr primary and secondary patency rates of the cryopreserved vein grafts were 58% and 79%, respectively. In conclusion, our data indicate that the use of cryopreserved vein grafts should be limited as conduits in PV reconstruction in adult LDLT.(c) 2006 AASLD.

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Author information

Author/s: Sugawara, Yasuhiko (Y); Makuuchi, Masatoshi (M); Tamura, Sumihito (S); Matsui, Yuichi (Y); Kaneko, Junichi (J); Hasegawa, Kiyoshi (K); Imamura, Hiroshi (H); Kokudo, Norihiro (N); Motomura, Noboru (N); Takamoto, Shinichi (S);

Affiliation: Artificial Organ and Transplantation Division, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo and University of Tokyo Tissue Bank, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. yasusuga-tky(-atsign-)umin.ac.jp

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society (Liver Transpl), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Aug; vol 12 (issue 8) : pp 1233-6

Dates: Created 2006/08/30; Completed 2007/05/24;

PMID: 16724339, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Male
Portal Vein - surgery
Postoperative Complications
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures - methods
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate
Transplants
Vascular Patency
Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods

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