Anatomical keys and pitfalls in living donor liver transplantation

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 380-394

  Imamura, Hiroshi ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a   Sakamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Sano, Keiji ^a   Nakayama, Ataru ^b   Kawasaki, Seiji ^c   Takayama, Tadatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Ina Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Hepatic hilum; Hepatic vein; Living donor liver transplantation; Selective intermittent occlusion

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HEPATIC ARTERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVING DONOR; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL VEIN; REVIEW;

BILE DUCTS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PORTAL VEIN;

EID: 0034568575     PISSN: 09441166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005340070033     Document Type: Review

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