Arterial reconstruction using vein graft from the common iliac artery after hepatic artery thrombosis in living-related liver transplantation

Abstract

VASCULAR complications in liver transplantation sometimes occur and may be lethal both for the transplant graft and the patient. Thrombosis at the anastomosis of the hepatic artery is the most common complication in children. Several methods of hepatic arterial reconstruction have been reported, including use of recipient splenic artery, interposition of vessel graft between common hepatic artery and graft artery, and use of conduit between aorta and the graft. We report herein the case of a patient with hepatic arterial reconstruction using vein graft between the common iliac artery and the graft artery after hepatic artery thrombosis in living-related liver transplantation.