Maximizing Use of Marginal Liver Grafts for Transplantation: A Case Report of Absent Donor Extrahepatic Portal Vein

Anatomical variation and its management in transplantation

Variant anatomy may be challenging at retrieval, with failure to identify variance being associated with organ damage, particularly vascular damage. On implantation, some variants demand nonstandard techniques of reconstruction or implantation. This review covers the common and less common anatomical variants of the liver, kidney and pancreas, and gives guidance as to how they may be managed during organ retrieval and implantation.