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ArticleClinical transplantation and research2026

Renoportal anastomosis in pediatric living donor liver transplantation: a case report.

Jung-Man Namgoong, Shin Hwang, Gil-Chun Park, Hyunhee Kwon, Suhyeon Ha, Kyung Mo Kim, Seak Hee Oh

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Jung-Man NamgoongDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9237-7440
Shin HwangDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9045-2531
Gil-Chun ParkDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1631-3258
Hyunhee KwonDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6647-9155
Suhyeon HaDepartment of Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8234-4170
Kyung Mo KimDepartment of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7896-6751
Seak Hee OhDepartment of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9672-8877

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Abstract

In children with biliary atresia, recurrent episodes of cholangitis often lead to portal vein (PV) phlebosclerosis. We report a case of pediatric living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for biliary atresia with PV occlusion and a large splenorenal shunt. A 3-year-5-month-old girl was diagnosed with syndromic biliary atresia and polysplenia. Because the patient's condition progressively deteriorated with worsening jaundice, we opted to perform LDLT using a left lateral section graft from her father. The recipient's native PV was severely atrophic and completely occluded, and the collateral veins around the hepatoduodenal ligament were too small to serve as a viable source of portal inflow. Consequently, renoportal anastomosis (RPA) was selected as an alternative approach. Iliac vein interposition was performed to provide a new portal inflow source, and anatomy-compliant PV reconstruction was performed. The patient recovered from transplant surgery, but PV conduit stenosis occurred with the development of ascites 2 months posttransplant. This RPA-related vascular complication was resolved through percutaneous balloon angioplasty of the PV conduit. The patient has been doing well for 6 months posttransplantation. This case demonstrates that RPA can represent a viable reconstructive option for PV inflow in liver transplantation for pediatric patients with phlebosclerotic PV and prominent splenorenal shunt.

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Interposition graftPediatric transplantationPortal vein phlebosclerosisSplenorenal shuntVein allograft

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