Effects of Adding Congested Segment IV to the Left Lateral Graft on Short-term Outcomes in Pediatric Living-donor Liver-transplant Recipients

Background. In some pediatric patients undergoing living-donor liver transplantation, segment IV without the middle hepatic vein can be added to a left lateral segment graft to obtain larger graft volume. Because no clear consensus on this technique exists, this study investigated the effects of con...

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Main Authors: Hikaru Aoki, MD, Takashi Ito, MD, PhD, Masaaki Hirata, MD, PhD, Masashi Kadohisa, MD, PhD, Miki Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Elena Yukie Uebayashi, MD, PhD, Hisaya Shirai, MD, PhD, Shinya Okumura, MD, PhD, Yuki Masano, MD, PhD, Eri Ogawa, MD, PhD, Tatsuya Okamoto, MD, PhD, Hideaki Okajima, MD, Etsuro Hatano, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2023-11-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001551