The pitfall of the cystic duct biliary anastomosis in right lobe living donor liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1549-1550

  Kadry, Zakiyah ^a   Cintorino, Davide ^a   Foglieni, Carlo Scotti ^a   Fung, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANASTOMOSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILE DUCT; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; CYSTIC DUCT; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAFT REJECTION; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BILE DUCT DISEASES; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CYSTIC DUCT; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION;

EID: 11144352152     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20249     Document Type: Note

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