A two-step strategy for enlargement of left arterial branch in a living related liver graft with dual arterial supply

Transplantation. 2002 Mar 27;73(6):993-4. doi: 10.1097/00007890-200203270-00029.

Abstract

The use of small caliber arteries is probably responsible for the higher hepatic artery thrombosis rate initially reported after living related liver transplantation. We described a two-step strategy generating flow-induced enlargement of a small diameter artery in case of left graft dual arterial supply. The smaller arterial branch was ligated during a laparoscopic first-step procedure inducing a 30% enlargement of the remaining branch. The second-step donor hepatectomy was performed 1 week later using a larger artery for successful vascular anastomosis. The flow-induced enlargement of donor hepatic artery may help to reduce hepatic artery thrombosis risk after pediatric living related liver transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child, Preschool
  • Family
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Graft Survival
  • Hepatectomy / methods
  • Hepatic Artery / anatomy & histology*
  • Hepatic Artery / surgery
  • Humans
  • Laparoscopy
  • Liver / anatomy & histology
  • Liver / blood supply
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Living Donors*
  • Male
  • Nuclear Family
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue and Organ Harvesting / methods