Combination of renoportal anastomosis and inferior mesenteric vein-portal anastomosis in liver transplantation: A new portal reconstruction technique.

Liver transplantation （LT） is the only way to cure end-stage liver disease with or without tumors in the last few decades [1].However,critical issues such as how to rebuild portal flow in patients with portal vein thrombosis （PVT） or superior mesenteric vein （SMV） thrombosis have been challenging for surgeons.Adequate portal flow is critical in LT because more than 75%of the liver’s blood supply comes from the portal vein and the rest comes from the hepatic artery.PVT is a universal problem in LT.