Adult-to-adult living-donor liver transplantation: A summary of current status and an outline of the program in Geneva

Swiss Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 227-236

  Majno, P ^a,b   Mentha, G ^a   Berney, Th ^a   Buhler L H ^a   Giostra, E ^a   Gelez, P ^a   Morard, I ^a   Bednarkiewicz, M ^a   Huber, O ^a   Morel, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Liver transplantation; Living donor; Waiting list

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 10744227698     PISSN: 10239332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1023-9332.9.5.227     Document Type: Review

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