Gore-Tex jump graft for portal vein thrombosis following living donor liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 52, 2003, Pages 1146-1148

  Hashimoto, Koji ^a,b   Shimada, Mitsuo ^a   Suehiro, Taketoshi ^a   Soejima, Yuji ^a   Minagawa, Ryosuke ^a   Hiroshige, Shoji ^a   Shiotani, Satoko ^a   Ninomiya, Mizuki ^a   Harada, Noboru ^a   Komori, Kimihiro ^a   Sugimachi, Keizo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fukuoka City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gore Tex graft; Living donor liver transplantation; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TECHNICAL AID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL VEIN;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0038000651     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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