Feasibility Assessment in Animal Models for Peritoneum Use as Interposition Vessel Graft Substitutes during Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Abstract

Purpose: Most of the grafts used as interposition conduits for the middle hepatic vein (MHV) in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) have been allografts and autografts. Recently, peritoneum has been used for vessel substitutes during surgery. Thus, we performed animal lab tests to assess the feasibility of interposition vessel graft substitutes for MHV.