Living-related liver transplantation: Is Doppler sonography sufficient to define the hepatic artery anatomy before surgery?

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-159

  Puttemans, Th ^a   Gibbs, P ^a   Van Beers, B ^a   Goffette, P ^a   Otte, J B ^a   Gennari, F ^a   Lerut, J ^a   Pringot, J ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Color Doppler sonography; Hepatic artery; Liver transplantation; Living donors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0032982390     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(99)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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