TY - JOUR
T1 - A Very Rare Venous Anomaly in a Living Liver Donor
T2 - Left Hepatic Venous Connection to the Right Atrium
AU - Uraz, S.
AU - Duran, C.
AU - Balci, D.
AU - Akin, B.
AU - Dayangac, M.
AU - Kurt, Z.
AU - Ayanoglu, O. H.
AU - Killi, R.
AU - Yuzer, Y.
AU - Tokat, Y.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - In humans, three main hepatic veins drain the liver into the inferior vena cava below the diaphragm. This report represents the first living donor liver that had a rare anatomic variation of the left hepatic vein draining directly to the right atrium, which was detected preoperatively by routine investigations of the living donor transplantation. This type of anomaly may present potentially fatal challanges to a donor operation if not detected preoperatively, especially when the left lobe is the choice for explantation.
AB - In humans, three main hepatic veins drain the liver into the inferior vena cava below the diaphragm. This report represents the first living donor liver that had a rare anatomic variation of the left hepatic vein draining directly to the right atrium, which was detected preoperatively by routine investigations of the living donor transplantation. This type of anomaly may present potentially fatal challanges to a donor operation if not detected preoperatively, especially when the left lobe is the choice for explantation.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.11.009
M3 - Article
C2 - 17580229
AN - SCOPUS:34250172343
SN - 0041-1345
VL - 39
SP - 1714
EP - 1715
JO - Transplantation proceedings
JF - Transplantation proceedings
IS - 5
ER -