Split liver transplantation: King's college hospital experience

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 282-288

  Rela, Mohamed ^a   Vougas, Vassilis ^a   Muiesan, Paolo ^a   Vilca Melendez, Hector ^a   Smyrniotis, Vassilis ^a   Gibbs, Paul ^a   Karani, John ^a   Williams, Roger ^a   Heaton, Nigel ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LONDON; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031934108     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199802000-00019     Document Type: Article

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