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To determine whether initial arterial or initial portal revascularization yields superior hemodynamic stability during piggyback liver transplantation.

January 1, 2000Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Hemodynamic profiles during piggyback liver grafts using arterial or portal revascularization1

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CDChristian DucerfUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 IMIsabelle MéchetHôpital de la Croix-Rousse JLJean Luc LandryHôpital de la Croix-Rousse

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Randomized trial demonstrates greater hemodynamic stability with initial arterial reperfusion in liver transplant recipients, indicating arterial-first unclamping reduces cardiovascular stress.

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To determine whether initial arterial or initial portal revascularization yields superior hemodynamic stability during piggyback liver transplantation.
Randomized trial of 59 liver transplant recipients allocated to either initial hepatic artery revascularization (n = 29) or initial portal vein revascularization (n = 30).
Hemodynamic measurements were documented immediately prior to and 15 minutes following vascular unclamping of the liver graft.
Systemic vascular resistance declined significantly in the portal vein group from 807.7 ± 336.7 to 439.7 ± 215 dynes/cm⁵ (p < 0.05), but did not significantly drop in the hepatic artery group (741.8 ± 390.3 to 659.9 ± 411.1 dynes/cm⁵).
Hemodynamic fluctuations across mean arterial pressure, cardiac index, central venous pressure, and pulmonary capillary pressure were significantly larger following initial portal vein revascularization.
Graft characteristics, postoperative complications, graft survival, and patient survival showed no statistically significant differences between the two revascularization groups.

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Ducerf et al. (2000) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9ea71edff2fec06dacbaec https://doi.org/10.1016/s1072-7515(99)00227-6

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Randomized trial demonstrates greater hemodynamic stability with initial arterial reperfusion in liver transplant recipients, indicating arterial-first unclamping reduces cardiovascular stress.

Hemodynamic profiles during piggyback liver grafts using arterial or portal revascularization1

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Hemodynamic profiles during piggyback liver grafts using arterial or portal revascularization1

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