A Report of Three Cases of Improving Piggback Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Objective To study the clinical application of piggyback orthotopic liver transplantation.Method After resection of the patient's liver in preservationof the recipient inferior vena cava, the donor liver was transplanted into the patient with an end to end anastomosis of uphepatic inferior vena cava, portal vein, hepatic artery between the donor and the recipient liver with the ligation of subhepatic inferior vena cava. The liver rejection was controlled by FK 506、 Xiaoxi and Predison. We monitored the patient and prevent him from infection after the operation. Result At present the two patients have normally survived for 8、5 months respectively. The thired patient dired of renal failure. Conclusions The liver transplantation is a safe and effective curable means of end-stage liver disease.