Impact of right lobe with middle hepatic vein graft in living-donor liver transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1339-1346

  Kasahara, Mureo ^a   Takada, Yasutsugu ^b   Fujimoto, Yasuhiro ^b   Ogura, Yasuhiro ^b   Ogawa, Kohei ^b   Uryuhara, Kenji ^b   Yonekawa, Yukihide ^a   Ueda, Mikiko ^b   Egawa, Hiroto ^a   Tanaka, Koichi ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic vein reconstruction; Liver transplantation; Living donor; Right lobe graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 20544432189     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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