Right-side approach to the left caudate lobe in the piggy-back technique of liver transplantation. A further step in maximizing preservation of the retrohepatic inferior vena cava

Transplant International

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 361-363

  Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Varotti, Giovanni ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Cavallari, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PIGGY BACK TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0038071493     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2003.tb00313.x     Document Type: Letter

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