Venous anastomosis using a non-penetrating vascular closure system in orthotopic liver transplantation.

In OLT, the reconstruction of the PV and IVC with a non-penetrating VCS system is a safe alternative method that has the advantage of shortening the anastomotic time and the anhepatic phase compared to the results of conventional hand suturing. However, the use of this VCS system had no influence on the recovery of graft function.