Artery Reconstruction in Right Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Donor-Recipient Vessel Ratio Is Key to Choosing Recipient Artery

Conclusions Although left hepatic artery's anatomical position makes it less affected by bile duct anastomosis and thus fewer postoperative complications, we believe that the ratio of the donor-recipient blood vessel size and the length of the anastomosis vessel stumps are the key factors that affect the outcome of the vascular anastomosis.
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Transplantation Surgery and Research Source Type: research