Surgical techniques of orthotopic rat liver transplantation

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-96

  Spiegel, Hans Ullrich ^a   Palmes, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile duct anastomoses; Liver transplantation; Rearterialization techniques; Vessel anastomoses

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; BILE DUCT RECONSTRUCTION; CUFF; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SUTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031874891     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941939809032187     Document Type: Review

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