Hemashield Vascular Graft Is a Preferable Prosthetic Graft for Middle Hepatic Vein Reconstruction in Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Background Because of the supply shortage for homologous vein allografts, we previously used ringed Gore-Tex vascular grafts for middle hepatic vein (MHV) reconstruction in living donor liver transplantation. However, owing to the subsequent unavailability of ringed Gore-Tex grafts, we replaced them with Hemashield vascular grafts. This study aimed to compare the patency of Hemashield grafts with that of ringed Gore-Tex grafts.