Infrahepatic Terminolateral Cavo-Cavostomy as a Rescue Technique in Complicated "Modified" Piggyback Liver Transplantation

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 576-579

  Merenda, Roberto ^a,b   Gerunda, Giorgio E ^a   Neri, Daniele ^a   Barbazza, Franco ^a   Di Marzio, Enrico ^a   Bruttocao, Andrea ^a   Valmasoni, Michele ^a   Angeli, Paolo ^a   Faccioli, Alvise Maffei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Chirurgia Generale I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SUTURING METHOD; VASCULARIZATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0031298163     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(97)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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