Figure 2
From: Usefulness of artificial vascular graft for venous reconstruction in liver surgery
Hepatectomy combined with inferior vena cava or hepatic vein resection followed by reconstruction with an artificial vascular graft. (A) Left hepatectomy with reconstruction of the inferior vena cava using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE, Gore-Tex, WL Gore&Associates, Inc., USA) graft (patient 2). (B) Right trisectionectomy with reconstruction of the left hepatic vein using an ePTFE graft (patient 4). CBD, common bile duct; IVC, inferior vena cava; RHA, right hepatic artery; RHV, right hepatic vein; RPV, right portal vein.