Hepatic venous reconstruction of anterior sector using three-dimensional helical computed tomography in living donor liver transplantation

Transplantation. 2006 Mar 15;81(5):797-9. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000196350.83825.30.

Abstract

In right lobe living donor liver transplantation (RL-LDLT), venous reconstruction of large middle hepatic vein (MHV) tributaries is often necessary. However the standard for reconstruction is unclear. In two recent RL-LDLT cases, we reconstructed a MHV tributary after estimating the donor's liver volume by three-dimensional images using helical computed tomography (3D-CT). 3D-CT demonstrated that the expected donor right lobe volume was 437 ml, which represented 46.2% of graft volume/recipient's standard volume ratio (GV/SV ratio) in case 1, and 600 ml (46.4%) in case 2. Moreover, 3D-CT revealed a large MHV tributary, 8 mm in diameter, drained 190 ml in volume of segment 8 in case 1, and, 7 mm in diameter, drained 138 ml in case 2. In these cases, when the area drained by the MHV tributary was excluded, GV/SV ratio were 26.1% and 35.7%, respectively. Based on this data, we reconstructed a large MHV tributary in both cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / etiology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
  • Female
  • Hepatic Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hepatic Veins / surgery*
  • Hepatitis B, Chronic / complications
  • Humans
  • Liver / blood supply
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver / surgery*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / surgery
  • Liver Neoplasms / etiology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation*
  • Living Donors*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tomography, Spiral Computed / methods*