Transplant Pancreatectomy David Shaffer DEFINITION Transplant pancreatectomy is defined as excision or removal of previously transplanted pancreatic allograft. The most common indication for transplant pancreatectomy is early pancreas allograft failure…
Pancreas Transplantation with Systemic Venous Drainage Randall S. Sung DEFINITION Pancreas transplantation is the preferred method of insulin replacement therapy for selected patients with type 1 diabetes. Compared to insulin…
Procurement of the Pancreas for Solid Organ and Islet Transplantation Juan S. Danobeitia Luis A. Fernandez DEFINITION Pancreas procurement for transplantation consists of removal of the entire pancreas along with…
Left Lobe and Left Lateral Segment Transplantation in Children Michael J. Englesbe Amit K. Mathur John C. Magee DEFINITION For children with end stage liver disease, liver transplantation is the…
Back-Table Preparation of the Pancreas for Transplantation Zoe A. Stewart TECHNIQUES INSPECTION OF PANCREAS ALLOGRAFT Back-table preparation of a pancreas allograft is one of the critical determinants of a successful…
Left Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Adults Jean F. Botha DEFINITION Left lobe living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is the implantation of a left hepatic lobe procured from a…
Right Lobe Liver Transplantation in Adults James J. Pomposelli DEFINITION Right lobe liver transplantation is defined as the use of a donor graft comprising segments 5 to 8 with or…
Biliary Reconstruction in Children Ronald T. Cotton Jacfranz J. Guiteau John A. Goss Christine A. O’Mahony DEFINITIONS Biliary reconstruction is the final anastomosis performed during liver transplantation, which recreates biliary…
Choledochoduodenostomy Michael A. Zimmerman Igal Kam DEFINITION Biliary reconstruction during cadaveric or living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is predominantly performed in duct-to-duct fashion using the Roux-en-Y choledocho- or hepaticojejunostomy as…
Roux-en-Y Biliary Reconstruction David Lee Joohyun Kim DEFINITION Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy (RYH) was described by Cesar Roux in 1926 to reconstruct drainage of the esophagus following a total gastrectomy. This configuration…
