This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/lt.25702 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Article type : Letters to the Editor Surgical tips in extensive thrombectomy in living donor liver transplantation Toru Ikegami, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Norifumi Iseda, Takeo Toshima, Mohamed Elemam Elshawy, Masaki Mori Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan Corresponding author: Toru Ikegami, MD, Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan Tel: (81) 92-642-5466; Fax: (81) 92-642-5482; E-mail: tikesurg@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp Key words: living donor liver transplantation, portal vein thrombosis, Abbreviations: LDLT, living donor liver transplantation; PV, portal vein; PVT, portal vein thrombosis. Word count: main body 500 words. Category: Letter to the editor Running title: Surgical tips in thrombectomy in LDLT Disclosure of conflict of interest: The authors have no conflict of interest to report. The Accepted Article