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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 18.
Published in final edited form as: Surg Gynecol Obstet. 1976 Apr;142(4):487–505.

Fig. 2.

Fig. 2

A, Operative field after retrograde liver mobilization. The last remaining structure, the suprahepatic inferior vena cava, has been clamped above the liver. B, Technique for mobilizing a suitable length of suprahepatic vena cava after placement of clamp. In adults, this usually involves cutting away cirrhotic liver tissue over the frequently distorted and foreshortened right and left hepatic veins.