The “W” Technique: A Safe and Reproducible Technique for Hepatic Artery Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Vinay Kumaran; Sorabh Kapoor; Shailesh Sable; Barun Nath; Vibha Varma

doi:10.12659/AOT.926979

29 January 2021: Original Paper

The “W” Technique: A Safe and Reproducible Technique for Hepatic Artery Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Vinay Kumaran ^1ABCDEF* , Sorabh Kapoor ^2ABEF , Shailesh Sable ^3ABCDEF , Barun Nath ^4ABEF , Vibha Varma ^5ABCDEF

DOI: 10.12659/AOT.926979

Ann Transplant 2021; 26:e926979

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Figure 4 Operative photograph showing the placement of the suture between the “W” suture and the corner suture from the inside out. The ostium of the artery is splayed out into a triangle making accurate placement of the sutures easy, even in the presence of luminal disparity.

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