Approaches to reconstruction of inferior vena cava by ex vivo liver resection and autotransplantation in 114 patients with hepatic alveolar echinococcosis

Figure 2 Intraoperative procedures. A: The infiltrated retrohepatic inferior vena cava (RHIVC); B: The large defect of RHIVC after radical resection; C: The RHIVC with self-suture repairing; D: The original RHIVC anastomoses with hepatic vein; E: The artificial blood vessel anastomoses with graft liver hepatic vein; F: The suprahepatic IVC anastomoses with left hepatic vein; G: The autologous RHIVC after reconstruction; H: Artificial RHIVC; I: Anastomotic stoma of suprahepatic IVC and hepatic vein.