Venous Outflow Reconstruction in Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant: Outcome of a Policy for Right Lobe Grafts without the Middle Hepatic Vein
Table 4
Results of preoperative MR venography and operative findings of venous anatomy.
No.
MRI venography
No. of HV in MRV
No. of graft HVs (intraoperative)
Use venous graft
Actual diameter of HV in mm (intraop.)
No. of HV anastomosis
1
RHV & V8
2
2
Yes
22 & 9
1
2
RHV & V5
2
2
Yes
30 & 15
2
3
RHV & IRHV
2
2
No
20 & 21
2
4
RHV
1
2
No
24 & 8
2
5
RHV & IRHV
2
3
Yes
29 & 16 & 11
2
6
RHV & IRHV
2
2
No
33 & 18
2
7
RHV & V8 & IRHV
3
4
Yes
24 & 18 & 11 & 10
2
8
RHV & V8 & V5
3
3
No
31, 2 less than 5 mm
1
9
RHV & IRHV
2
2
No
26 & 13
2
10
RHV & IRHV
2
2
No
26 & 13
2
11
RHV & IRHV
2
2
No
36 & 15
2
12
RHV + MHV
2
3
Yes
23—20—14
2
13
RHV
1
2
No
28—14
2
14
RHV & IRHV
2
2
No
35—18
2
15
RHV & IRHV + MHV
3
3
Yes
20—27—21
2
16
RHV & IRHV
2
2
No
32—15
2
1
RHV
1
1
No
33
1
2
RHV
1
1
No
27
1
3
RHV
1
1
No
31
1
4
RHV
1
1
No
32
1
5
RHV
1
1
No
29
1
6
RHV
1
1
No
26
1
7
RHV & V8
2
1
No
29
1
8
RHV & PRHV
2
1
No
33
1
9
RHV
1
1
No
36
1
10
RHV
1
1
No
33
1
11
RHV
1
1
No
24
1
12
RHV
1
1
No
30
1
13
RHV
1
1
No
28
1
14
RHV
1
1
No
30
1
15
RHV
1
1
No
29
1
16
RHV
1
1
No
30
1
17
RHV
1
1
No
32
1
18
RHV
1
1
No
32
1
19
RHV
1
1
No
28
1
20
RHV
1
1
No
29
1
21
RHV
1
1
No
33
1
22
RHV
1
1
No
27
1
23
RHV & V8
2
1
No
32
1
24
RHV
1
1
No
33
1
Highlighted (in bold) eight cases where the intra-operative findings were different from the pre-operative MRI venography recordings.
*Upper 16 italic cases: cases that had more than one graft hepatic vein intraoperatively.
