Fig. 2. Intraoperative photographs showing the conventional technique of portal vein (PV) conduit reconstruction. (A) Deep clamping and (B) longitudinal incision of the native PV to the superior mesenteric vein-splenic vein confluence. (C, D) Anastomosis of the opened native PV stump and a vein conduit with continuous running sutures. (D, E) Some of the distal part of the native PV was not included at the anastomosis to make the conduit suitable for short-length interposition (arrow). (F) Excision of the redundant PV stump.
