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…
Standard Choledochocholedochostomy Susan C. Pitt Christopher D. Anderson DEFINITION Choledochocholedochostomy is the primary anastomosis of the recipient common bile duct to the donor common bile duct. This is the most…
Arterial Reconstruction in Children Jaimie D. Nathan Brian S. Pan Greg M. Tiao DEFINITION Hepatic arterial reconstruction in pediatric orthotopic liver transplantation is defined as the creation of vascular anastomoses…
Arterial Reconstruction with an Aortic Conduit Amit K. Mathur Theodore H. Welling DEFINITION Hepatic artery reconstruction during liver transplantation is rarely required to the recipient aorta for use as arterial…
Arterial Reconstruction with Replaced Hepatic Arteries Paolo R. Salvalaggio Jefferson A. Alves Roberto F. Meirelles Jr Sergio P. Meira Filho Marcelo B. Rezende DEFINITION Arterial reconstruction during deceased donor liver…
