Thrombotic ringed polytetrafluoroethylene graft with infection after living donor liver transplantation

The safety of living donor in living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is always the first priority, meanwhile, the graft-to-recipient weight ratio (GRWR) and the anatomy of liver allograft must also not be compromised in order to warrant tranplatation success. When it comes the allograft of right lobe of liver without middle hepatic vein (R-M), the outflow and adequate drainage for the territory of middle hepatic vein (MHV) is one critical concern. Despite publications in some high-volume transplant centres on the positive results of using expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft to substitute those of autologous veins, complications related to the ePTFE graft have not been well discussed.

Source: Transplantation Proceedings - April 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Meng Hsuan Chung, Chih-Chao Chuang, Li-Feng Liaw, Cheng-Yen Chen, I-Ming Chen, Chiao-Po Hsu, Niang-Cheng Lin, Che-Chuan Loong Source Type: research