Middle hepatic vein tributary reconstruction could not act as a complete substitute for an entirely preserved middle hepatic vein

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 61, 2005, Pages 208-211

  Morioka, Daisuke ^a   Sekido, Hitoshi ^a   Matsuo, Ken Ichi ^a   Takeda, Kazuhisa ^a   Sugita, Mitsutaka ^a   Kubota, Toru ^a   Tanaka, Kuniya ^a   Endo, Itaru ^a   Togo, Shinji ^a   Shimada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Living donor liver transplantation; Middle hepatic vein; Right lobe graft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20044369894     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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