Mesentero-Portal Venous Bypass With Same-Donor Iliac Artery Graft During Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Reconstructing the portal vein becomes crucial in long-segmental, thrombosed, and severely damaged portal veins during living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). When portal vein thrombosis extends beyond the spleno-mesenteric junction and performing a thromboendovenectomy followed by portal vein interposition is impossible, the mesentero-portal venous bypass (MPVB) becomes mandatory. Interestingly, a ‘same-donor’ iliac artery allograft (SDIAA) has never been utilized as a conduit in this context.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - March 20, 2024 Category: Surgery Authors: Mingli Levin Li, Hsiu-Ming Lee, Ping-Chun Li, Yi-Chun Lin, Chia-Ying Lin, Yu-Ling Hsu, Yun-Ting Lee, Hua-Hsien Hsieh Source Type: research