Transplantation of the right liver graft - technical aspects

The transplantation of segmental grafts from cadaveric and living donors usually requires a vena cava-preserving recipient hepatectomy to allow the implantation of the donor liver. Only split grafts, preserving the donor vena cava are as well transplantable in traditional fashion with end-to-end anastomosis of the infra- and suprahepatic caval vein.