Hepatic artery thrombosis in pediatric liver transplantation: Graft salvage after thrombectomy

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-78

  Garcia Gallont, R ^a   Bar Nathan, N ^b   Shaharabani, E ^b   Yussim, A ^b   Shapira, R ^c   Zahavi, I ^c   Shapira, Z ^b   Dinari, G ^c   Mor, E ^b  

^a Department of Transplantation   (Guatemala)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Hepatic artery; Liver transplantation; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032904449     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3046.1999.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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