Splenic Artery Transposition for Hepatic Artery Reconstruction During Liver Transplantation: Is It the Best Choice for Adequate Arterial Inflow in Extraordinary Conditions?

Sezai Yilmaz Sami Akbulut Koray Kutluturk Sait Murat Dogan Adil Baskiran Veysel Ersan Cemalettin Koc Cemalattin Aydin Cuneyt Kayaalp

Published in: Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society (2021)

Obtaining partial allografts and performing arterial reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is technically demanding. The risk of hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) remains high in LDLT due to the small caliber of the arteries. The graft and the recipient hepatic artery (HA) cannot be directly anastomosed in certain cases due to narrow diameter or short graft HA.

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pulmonary embolism