Hepatic artery occlusion in liver transplantation: What counts more, the type of reconstruction or the severity of the recipient's disease?
Christian E. Oberkofler, Tim Reese, Dimitri A. Raptis, Christoph Kuemmerli, Olivier de Rougemont, Michelle L. De Oliveira, Andrea Schlegel, Philipp Dutkowski, Pierre‐Alain Clavien, Henrik Petrowsky – 1 March 2018 – Although the type of hepatic artery revascularization technique is known to have an impact on patency rates, independent perioperative risk factors on patient outcomes are poorly defined. All consecutive adult patients undergoing cadaveric liver transplantation (n = 361) from July 2007 to June 2016 in a single institution were analyzed.