Live donor liver transplantation in adults: Graft size, related anatomical anomaly and imaging evaluation of donor

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-17

  Wang, Wen Xi ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Graft size; Live donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; CADAVER DONOR; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SIZE; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 0037868240     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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