Successful liver transplantation for congenital absence of the portal vein complicated by intrapulmonary shunt and brain abscess

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Ohnishi, Yasuharu ^a   Ueda, Mikiko ^a   Doi, Hiraku ^a   Kasahara, Mureo ^a   Haga, Hironori ^a   Kamei, Hideya ^a   Ogawa, Kohei ^a   Ogura, Yasuhiro ^a   Yoshitoshi, Elena Y ^a   Tanaka, Koichi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Congenital absence of the portal vein; Intrapulmonary shunt; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL ABSENCE OF THE PORTAL VEIN; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANOXEMIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APNEA; ATROPHY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN; BRAIN ABSCESS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRAINAGE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MENINGITIS; PORTAL VEIN; SEIZURES; SPLEEN; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 21144436936     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.02.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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