Asymptomatic hepatic artery dissection early after living-donor liver transplantation with simultaneous splenectomy: two case reports

Table 1 Characteristics and operative data

	Case 1	Case 2
Age, sex	51 years, male	58 years, female
Primary disease (MELD score)	HBV-LC (17)	PBC (7)
Graft information
Donor	48 years, wife	67 years, husband
Compatibility	Identical	Compatible
Graft type	Right lobe	Left lobe
GRWR	0.78%	0.76%
Reconstruction	(Donor—Recipient)	(Donor—Recipient)
Hepatic vein	RHV(V5 + V8)—RHV, IRHV—IVC	L + MHV—L + MHV
Portal vein	RPV—PV trunk	LPV—PV trunk
Hepatic artery	RHA—LHA	LHA—GDA
Bile duct	RHD—RHD	LHD—CBD
Existence of intimal dissection	Recipient's RHA	Recipient's LHA and PHA
Splenectomy	Simultaneously	Simultaneously
Operation time	957 min	824 min
Blood loss	15,403 mL	6051 mL

y years, MELD model for end-stage liver disease, HBV-LC hepatitis virus B—liver cirrhosis, PBC primary biliary cholangitis, GRWR graft-to-recipient body weight ratio, RHV right hepatic vein, IRHV inferior right hepatic vein, IVC inferior vena cava, L + MHV left and middle hepatic vein, RPV right portal vein, PV portal vein, LPV left portal vein, RHA right hepatic artery, LHA left hepatic artery, GDA gastroduodenal artery, RHD right hepatic duct, LHD left hepatic duct, CBD common biliary duct

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