Abstract:A 44-year-old man with hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis underwent LDLT. The donor was his identical twin elder brother. On computed tomography, the markedly dilated umbilical vein was observed as a hepatofugal collateral. An extended left liver graft with the caudate lobe was harvested in a conventional manner. One orifice outflow reconstruction was performed by using an umbilical vein which was extracted from the recipient. This vein-flap sheet was sutured to the outflow orifice of the liver graft in a two… Show more
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