Abstract
From October 1991 to May 1998, 63 OLT in 57 patients were performed at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center. These included 58 whole liver transplantations, four reduced size, and one living-related liver transplantation. There were 25 females and 32 males with a mean age of 40.7 year (range 3.5–68). The follow-up was a mean of 21 months (range of 0.1–78). In 52 OLT donor liver arterial inflow was based on recipient hepatic artery (HA), and in 10 OLT on recipient aorta (Ao). In one OLT, this information was not available. Portal vein (PV) reconstruction was by end-to-end anastomosis in all transplants except in one OLT with recipient PV thrombosis (PVT), in which an interposition donor iliac vein was used. Inferior vena cava (IVC) reconstruction was performed in a standard manner in 53 OLT, and piggy-back in 10 OLT. Vascular complications were diagnosed based on clinical, ultrasonographic, angiographic, and operative findings. Statistical analysis was performed using Fisher’s exact test with significance accepted at P , .05.
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