The outcome of 400 consecutive liver grafts using the aortic perfusion-only technique

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 772-778

  El Rassi, Ziad ^a,b   Barcet, Stephane ^b   Mechet, Isabelle ^b   Chahine, Karim ^a   Bernard, Pierre ^b   Chane, Lionel ^b   Sagnard, Pierre ^b   Delafasse, Bertrand ^b   Bouffond, Yves ^b   Boillot, Olivier ^b  

^a SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic; Dysfunction; Graft; Liver; Procurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944504083     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.tb00510.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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