Stent Placement for Treating IVC Stenosis Following “Left at Right” Adult Liver Transplantation

“Left at right” liver transplantation with heterotopic implantation of left liver graft in the right subphrenic space

“…With a modified implantation of left liver grafts, the initial report has shown that LAR-LT is feasible and has outcomes comparable with the conventional LAL-LT. [9] Although this approach has drawn the attention of some transplantation centers, many concerns still exist leading to rare utilization of this modification for left liver LT. [13] Hence, the present report gathered more experience of LAR-LT and reassessed long-term outcomes of this procedure for left liver LT. To the best of our knowledge, this is the largest series of left liver LT using LAR-LT reported in the literature. Meanwhile, the study also describes many technical concerns for aiding the decision-making process while selecting a suitable clinical scenario for performing LAR-LT.…”

The Concerns of “Left at Right” Adult Liver Transplantation

“…We appreciate the interest of Mizuno et al in our recent article regarding heterotopic implantation of a left liver graft in the right abdominal cavity, which we termed as “Left at Right” liver transplantation (LAR‐LT) . The authors had applied this procedure using a left liver graft in living donor liver transplantation in three patients, and confirmed that the LAR‐LT is a relatively easier approach for performing implantation of the left liver graft.…”