A new technique for arterialization of the hepatic graft.

We believe that the new technique described herein for reconstructing the hepatic artery is the method of choice for arterialization of hepatic grafts. This technique is easily performed, even during retransplantation and even if the recipient or donor has double arteries. Since submission of this article, an additional 20 transplantations of the liver have been performed without graft loss using this technique. This includes five infant livers with donors as small as two days old and weighing 3.2 kilograms.