Intraoperative Doppler Sonography Using High-Frequency Transducer During Living Donor Liver Transplantation with Modified Right-lobe Graft: Spectrum of Vascular Complications- “The Way It Is”

  • Dr Kyoung Won Kim, Departments of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
  • Han Song Mun, Departments of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
  • Hyun Joo Lee, Departments of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
  • Gi Won Song, Departments of Liver Transplantation Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
  • Shin Hwang, Departments of Liver Transplantation Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
  • Sung Gyu Lee, Departments of Liver Transplantation Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea

    • The purpose of this exhibit is to discuss technical and anatomic considerations on intraoperative Doppler sonography(IODS) with high-frequency(HF) transducer during living donor liver transplantation(LDLT) with modified right-lobe graft(MRG), to illustrate anastomotic configuration(AC) of hepatic vasculature and hemodynamics, and to exhibit spectrum of vascular complications.
    As illustrated in this exhibit, IODS with supreme resolution by HF transducer reveals “THE WAY IT IS” of the hepatic vasculatures and hemodynamics during LDLT with MRG. Thus, it enables radiologists to make an earliest diagnosis of various vascular complications of LDLT, and subsequently it enables the surgeon to make a timely and appropriate management. An awareness of detailed anatomicap map and IODS findings of various vascular complications, provided in this exhibit, are the prerequisites.