Long-Term Suitability of Left Gastric Artery Inflow for Arterial Perfusion of Living Donor Right Lobe Grafts

Figure 1

In case 1, the right lobe liver graft has a dual arterial blood supply with a single common orifice for implantation after back-table procedure angioplasty (a). Spatulating the recipient’s LGA creates a size-matched inflow for anastomosis with the graft artery. LGA mobilization from the lesser curve proximally to its celiac artery trunk takeoff superficializes the vessel with a natural rightward curve for tension-free anastomosis.