Portal hyperperfusion injury as the cause of primary nonfunction in a small-for-size liver graft-successful treatment with splenic artery ligation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 626-628

  Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038511371     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50081     Document Type: Article

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