Masahiko Kubo, Yoshito Tomimaru, Kunihito Gotoh, Shogo Kobayashi, Daiki Marukawa, Kazuki Sasaki, Yoshifumi Iwagami, Daisaku Yamada, Hirofumi Akita, Takehiro Noda, Hidenori Takahashi, Tadafumi Asaoka, Masahiro Tanemura, Shigeru Marubashi, Hiroaki Nagano, Keizo Dono, Yuichiro Doki, Hidetoshi Eguchi
BACKGROUND: The isolated bile duct is sometimes observed in the right liver graft of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Even though, as a rescue option, it is known to use the recipient's cystic duct (CyD) for duct-to-duct anastomosis, the long-term feasibility of rescue duct-to-CyD (D-CyD) anastomosis remains unclear. METHODS: We prospectively collected data in the right liver-LDLT cohort and compared rescue D-CyD anastomosis (n = 4) with standard duct-to-hepatic duct (D-HD, n = 45) anastomosis (D-CyD group, n = 4)...
June 27, 2023: Transplantation Proceedings