Clinical Transplantation

Study Data from S. Bageacu et al Provide New Insights into Clinical Transplantation

Published in Blood Weekly, September 15th, 2011

2011 SEP 15 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the journal Clinical Transplantation, "Understanding anatomic variations of the right lobe is fundamental in adult to adult living donor liver transplantation. We analysed anatomy in 124 right liver (RL) donors."

"Portal vein: normal anatomy was found in 85.5% donors. In 14.5% the main right portal vein (PV) was absent. Hepatic artery: single arterial inflow of the RL was identified in 96% of donors. In 4% two arterial stumps were found. Bile duct: classic anatomy was identified in 50.8% of donors; 9.7% had a trifurcation of the common bile duct; in 7.2% the right anterior and in...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2011-09-15)

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