Donor arterial variations in liver transplantation: Management and outcome of 527 consecutive grafts

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 637-641

  Soin, A S ^a,c   Friend, P J ^a   Rasmussen, A ^b   Saxena, R ^a   Tokat, Y ^a   Alexander, G J M ^a   Jamieson, N V ^a   Calne, R Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT RECONSTRUCTION; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANEURYSM; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0029977068     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.1800830515     Document Type: Article

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