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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.
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Gundlach, M., Topp, S., Broering, D.C., Rogiers, X. (2002). Transplantation of the right liver graft - technical aspects. In: Rogiers, X., Bismuth, H., Busuttil, R.W., Broering, D.C., Azoulay, D. (eds) Split liver transplantation. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57523-5_13
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