Biliary complications in pediatric liver transplantation: A comparison of reduced-size and whole grafts

Transplantation

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 391-395

  Heffron, Thomas G ^a   Emond, Jean C ^a   Whitington, Peter F ^a   Thistlethwaite, J R ^a   Stevens, Larry ^a   Piper, James ^a   Whitington, Susan ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE DUCT RECONSTRUCTION; BILE SECRETION; CHILD; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; REOPERATION;

EID: 0026578206     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199202010-00024     Document Type: Article

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