Hepatic and portal vein transection by vascular stapler in open living donor hepatectomy - A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In an effort to increase donor safety in living donor liver transplantation, the utilization of vascular staplers for the division of the right portal and hepatic veins in patients undergoing right lobe liver donation for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) was implemented. In here we report our experience with vascular staplers in patients undergoing LDLT and evaluate the subsequent feasibility and safety for donors.

Material and methods

17 cases of living donor liver transplant were retrospectively analyzed. The right portal vein was transected directly at the bifurcation of the main portal vein, the right hepatic vein was resected directly at the wall of the inferior vena cava using a vascular stapler device.

Results

We registered a complication ra

SUBMITTER: Obed D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9206906 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature