Impact of aberrant arterial anatomy and location of anastomosis on technical outcomes after liver transplantation

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 672-678

  Abouljoud, Marwan S ^a   Kim, Dean Y ^a   Yoshida, Atsushi ^a   Arenas, Juan ^a   Jerius, John ^a   Malinzak, Lauren ^a   Raoufi, Mohammad ^a   Brown, Kimberly A ^a   Moonka, Dilip K ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile ducts; Hepatic artery; Liver transplantation; Postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CELIAC ARTERY; DATA ANALYSIS; DONOR; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

EID: 18044384606     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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