Retro-pancreatic pull-through reconstruction of the hypoplastic portal vein using the autologous mesosystemic shunt vessel in adult living donor liver transplantation: a case report

Abstract Background In liver transplant patients with hypoplastic portal vein (PV), when the narrowed segment is extended too deep into the dorsal side of the pancreas, it is difficult and dangerous to reconstruct the interposition graft from the upper part of the pancreas. Herein, we present a case...

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Main Authors: Shinsuke Sugenoya, Atsuyoshi Mita, Akira Shimizu, Yasunari Ohno, Koji Kubota, Yuichi Masuda, Tsuyoshi Notake, Yuji Soejima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japan Surgical Society 2024-04-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-024-01863-4
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