Primary living-donor liver transplantation at the University of Chicago: Technical aspects of the first 104 recipients

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 104-111

  Millis, J Michael ^a   Cronin, David C ^a   Brady, Lynda M ^a   Newell, Kenneth A ^a   Woodle, E Steve ^a   Bruce, David S ^a   Thistlethwaite, J Richard ^a   Broelsch, Christoph E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHICAGO; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PORTAL VEIN; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033938388     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200007000-00015     Document Type: Article

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