Complex inferior vena cava reconstruction during ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation: A case report

Table 1 Intraoperative and postoperative parameters

Variables	Case 1
Residual liver volume (m3)	530
RLV/SLV (%)	46.2
Operation time (h)	14.08
Cold ischemia time (min)	403
Warm ischemia time (min)	18
Anhepatic phase (min)	421
Time of inferior vena cava occlusion (min)	122
Blood loss (mL)	800
Blood transfusion volume
Suspended RBC (units)	6
Plasma (mL)	1070
Autotransfusion (mL)	750
Cryoprecipitate (units)	0
Platelet (units)	0
ICU stay time (h)	65.4
Hospital stays (d)	35
Postoperative complications
Pulmonary infection	N
Pleural effusion	Y
Ascites	N
Outflow tract stenosis	N

RLV: Residual liver volume; SLV: Standard liver volume; RBC: Red blood cell; ICU: Intensive care unit.

Table 2 Detailed features of all published cases of complex reconstruction of inferior vena cava

Ref.	Country	Diagnose	Cases	Complex reconstruction of IVC	Reconstructive method	Complications associated with outflow tract reconstruction	Survival
Jianyong et al[20], 2015	China	Alveolar echinococcosis	1	1	Bilateral great saphenous vein, part of the retro hepatic inferior vena and the middle hepatic vein, the inferior mesenteric vein, part of the infra hepatic vena cava	Not mentioned	1
Hu et al[21], 2016	China	Alveolar echinococcosis	12	1	Disease-free RHIVC, bilateral autogenous great saphenous veins, unilateral common iliac vein	Not mentioned	11
Buchholz et al[22], 2020	United Kingdom	Intrahepatic Caval Leiomyosarcoma	1	1	2 caval grafts and the left iliac vein of the graft	Not mentioned	1

IVC: Inferior vena cava; RHIVC: Retrohepatic inferior vena cava.