Refined surgical techniques to improve the patency of cryopreserved iliac artery homografts for middle hepatic vein reconstruction during living donor liver transplantation.

Our refined MHV reconstruction using an IAH improved short-term MHV conduit patency, but did not effectively prevent early conduit occlusion, particularly with a small- or medium-sized IAH. Individualized reconstruction designs during LDLT operation are needed when an IAH is used for a modified right liver graft.