Surgeries of donor and of recipient were performed with small adaptations in the usual technique in order to evaluate the pressure gradient between the hepatic vein and the right atrium in the two groups. In the conventional method IVC was clamped during the anhepatic phase and venous return was maintained by a portal femoral axillary venovenous bypass with a centrifugal pump. In these cases, IVC reconstruction was performed by end-to-end anastomosis above and below the liver. In the piggyback method IVC was not clamped in any case. Implantation method of the grafted IVC in recipient IVC was not standardized, being defined by the responsible surgeon during the procedure. In the two groups, all patients were submitted to simultaneous arterial and portal revascularization, according to the routine of the service.