Living Donor Liver Transplantation With Augmented Venous Outflow and Splenectomy: A Promised Land for Small Left Lobe Grafts.
Masato FujikiKoji HashimotoCristiano QuintiniFederico AucejoChoon H D KwonHajime MatsushimaKazunari SasakiLuis CamposBijan EghtesadTeresa DiagoGiuseppe IuppaGiuseppe D'amicoShiva KumarPeter LiuCharles MillerAntonio PinnaPublished in: Annals of surgery (2022)
LLG (H1234-MHV) are feasible in adult LDLT with excellent outcomes comparable to RLG (H5678). Venous outflow augmentation and splenectomy help lower the threshold of using small-for-size grafts without compromising graft survival.