BACKGROUND: For cultural reasons, liver transplantation from living, related donors is common in Japan. This is the first description of @entity11034 as a complication in living, related liver donors and of the usefulness of endoscopic correction. METHODS: One hundred fifteen donors from whom liver grafts were harvested for living, related liver transplantation between June 1990 and December 1999 were studied. @entity409 was performed in 47 cases, left lateral segmentectomy in 41, expanded lateral segmentectomy in 20, and expanded left lobectomy in 7 to provide liver grafts for recipients. If donors complained of symptoms of @entity1224 , EGD was performed. The diagnosis of @entity11034 was based on characteristic endoscopic findings, and endoscopic correction was attempted. RESULTS: Gastric mesenteroaxial @entity3313 was recognized in 13 of 115 donors (11.3%) after grafts of the liver were harvested. No significant correlation was found among gender, age, portion of the liver harvested, and the occurrence of @entity11034 . After endoscopic correction, all donors except 1 became asymptomatic; after correction, recurrence of the @entity3313 was not observed. In the single donor who continued to have symptoms, insertion of a nasogastric tube for 14 days resulted in correction of the @entity3313 . CONCLUSIONS: The frequency of @entity11034 among donors involved in living, related liver transplantation is high. Endoscopic correction of the @entity3313 is useful in dealing with this complication.

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@entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['Left lobectomy of the liver'] @entity3313 :: ('MESH:D045822', 'Disease') :: ['volvulus'] @entity11034 :: ('MESH:D013277', 'Disease') :: ['gastric volvulus'] @entity1224 :: ('MESH:D000402', 'Disease') :: ['upper GI obstruction']
@entity11034 :: (MESH:D013277,Disease) :: ['Gastric volvulus']
