Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54100#.VO16_izQrzE Author(s) Yu-Ju Hung 1 , Kuo-Hua Lin 1 , Chen-Te Chou 2 , Chih-Jan Ko 1 , Ping-Yi Lin 3 , Chia-En Hsieh 1 , Hsu-Heng Yen 4 , Yao-Li Chen 1* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Chinese Taipei . 2 Department of Medical Imaging, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Chinese Taipei . 3 Transplant Medicine & Surgery Research Centre, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Chinese Taipei . 4 Department of Gastroenterology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Chinese Taipei . ABSTRACT Artificial vessel grafts are used for outflow reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We report a very rare case of invasion of an artificial vascular graft into the duodenal bulb after LDLT. A 54-year-old man underwent LDLT in August 2012. A right hemiliver without a middle hepatic vein was used ...
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