Michael D. Dake
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Endovascular treatment of hepatic venous outflow obstruction after piggyback technique liver transplantation.
Transplantation. 1999; (3): 446-9
The piggyback technique of orthotopic liver transplantation is an attractive alternative that preserves the recipient inferior vena cava and allows uninterrupted venous blood return during the anhepatic phase. As with other transplantation techniques, the vascular anastomoses required by the piggyback technique can develop strictures.
