Should all hepatic arterial branches be reconstructed in living-related liver transplantation?

Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 431-436

  Ikegami, T ^a   Kawasaki, S ^a   Matsunami, H ^a   Hashikura, Y ^a   Nakazawa, Y ^a   Miyagawa, S ^a   Furuta, S ^a   Iwanaka, T ^a   Makuuchi, M ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029915941     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(96)80144-9     Document Type: Article

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