@article{3050482, title = "Reconstruction of an abnormal hepatic vein in a donor liver - A case report", author = "Felekouras, ES and Tsamandas, AC and Papalampros, EL and Pikoulis, EA and and Leppaniemi, AK and Fung, JJ", journal = "TRANSPLANTATION DIRECT", year = "1998", volume = "65", number = "9", pages = "1265-1266", publisher = "Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins", doi = "10.1097/00007890-199805150-00020", abstract = "In the era of worldwide organ shortage for liver transplantation, every effort must be made to use all potentially available livers. In this case report, we present a liver graft with abnormal left hepatic vein draining directly to the right atrium of the donor heart, which was discovered during back table preparation of a liver graft. The vein was reconstructed and the subsequent liver transplantation was successful. Five years after the transplantation, no signs of complications have emerged." }