Venous outflow reconstructions with the piggyback technique in liver transplantation: A single-center experience of 431 cases

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-325

  Cescon, Matteo ^a   Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Varotti, Giovanni ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Gardini, Andrea ^a   Cavallari, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Liver; Orthotopic; Piggyback; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; LIVER VEIN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20844461523     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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