Complications of polytetrafluoroethylene graft use in middle hepatic vein reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation: a retrospective, single-centre, long-term, real-world experience

Asymptomatic synthetic vascular graft migration to duodenum after living donor liver transplantation: report of two cases

BACKGROUND

In this study, we present the results of two patients with vascular graft migration to the duodenum after liver transplantation.

METHODS

The results of two patients who underwent living donor liver transplantation and vascular graft to the duodenum were evaluated.

RESULTS

In our center, 201 liver transplants were performed, including 154 a right lobe living donor liver transplant. A synthetic graft was used to reconstruct segment 5 and 8 hepatic veins in 78 of the 154 LDLT. During the mean follow-up 19.6 ± 12.1 months (1-44 months), graft migrated to the duodenum in two patients who were present in this study. Contrary to the literature, it was followed nonoperatively. No problem was observed in the follow-up process.

CONCLUSION

In patients with vascular graft migration to the duodenum after living liver transplantation, non-operative follow-up can be performed in appropriate patients.

A Complication of Diaphragm Repair Using a Gore-Tex (Expanded Polytetrafluorethylene) Membrane: A Case Report

A 65-year-old man underwent right trisectionectomy of the liver and reconstruction of the chest wall and diaphragm with a 2-mm Gore-Tex membrane due to recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma. After 3 years, the Gore-Tex membrane in the diaphragm migrated to the abdominal cavity and perforated the colon. We report a rare complication of a Gore-Tex membrane after diaphragm repair.