Correlation Between Portal Vein Anatomy and Bile Duct Variation in 407 Living Liver Donors. Issue 1 (17th December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Takeishi, K.; Shirabe, K.; Yoshida, Y.; Tsutsui, Y.; Kurihara, T.; Kimura, K.; Itoh, S.; Harimoto, N.; Yamashita, Y.‐I.; Ikegami, T.; Yoshizumi, T.; Nishie, A.; Maehara, Y.
• Is Part Of: American journal of transplantation. Volume 15:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 155
• Page End: 160
• Publication Date: 2014-12-17
• Subjects: Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Periodicals; 617.95
• DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12965
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1600-6135

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="ajt12965-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <p>Our aim was to determine whether variant bile duct (BD) anatomy is associated with portal vein (PV) and/or hepatic artery (HA) anatomy. We examined the associations between BD anatomy and PV and/or HA anatomy in 407 living donor transplantation donors. We also examined whether the right posterior BD (RPBD) course was associated with the PV and/or HA anatomy. Variant PV, HA and BD anatomies were found in 11%, 25% and 25%, respectively, of 407 donors enrolled in this study. The presence of a variant BD was more frequently associated with a variant PV than with a normal PV (61% vs. 20%, p &lt; 0.0001). By contrast, the presence of a variant HA was not associated with a variant BD. A supraportal RPBD was found in 357 donors (88%) and an infraportal RPBD was found in 50 donors (12%). An infraportal RPBD was significantly more common in donors with a variant PV than in donors with a normal PV (30% vs. 10%, p = 0.0004). Variant PV, but not variant HA, anatomies were frequently associated with variant BD anatomy. Additionally, an infraportal RPBD was more common in donors with a variant PV than in donors with a normal PV.</p> </sec> </abstract>