Bile leakage following T-tube removal in orthotopic liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 1999, Pages 425-427

  Tepetes, K ^a,b   Karavias, D ^a   Felekouras, E ^a   Jabour, N ^a   Tzakis, A ^a   Starzl, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bile leakage; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; BILOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIGATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T TUBE;

BILE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; DRAINAGE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0032997258     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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