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Combined liver and whole pancreas procurement in donors with a replaced right hepatic artery
D Shaffer1, W D Lewis, R L Jenkins
1Division of Organ Transplantation, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Aberrant donor arterial anatomy, such as a replaced right hepatic artery, is often considered a contraindication to combined liver and whole pancreas procurement for transplantation. With the increasing interest in transplantation of the pancreas and the demand for cadaver organs, methods for simultaneous procurement despite aberrant donor anatomy are essential. We describe the surgical techniques used successfully in six instances of combined liver and whole pancreas procurement in donors with a replaced right hepatic artery and suggest that a replaced right hepatic artery should not preclude simultaneous procurement in otherwise suitable donors.
Aberrant donor arterial anatomy, such as a replaced right hepatic artery, is often considered a contraindication to combined liver and whole pancreas procurement for transplantation. With the increasing interest in transplantation of the pancreas and the demand for cadaver organs, methods for simultaneous procurement despite aberrant donor anatomy are essential. We describe the surgical techniques used successfully in six instances of combined liver and whole pancreas procurement in donors with a replaced right hepatic artery and suggest that a replaced right hepatic artery should not preclude simultaneous procurement in otherwise suitable donors.
