Technical variations in living donor liver transplantation

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-98

  Suh, Kyung Suk ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Donor hepatectomy; Hanging maneuver; Living donor liver transplantation; Outflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344391275     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mot.0000127631.19060.51     Document Type: Review

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