Split liver transplantation: A reliable approach to expand donor pool

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-344

  Yan, Ji Qi ^a,b,c   Becker, Thomas ^a,c   Peng, Cheng Hong ^a,b   Li, Hong Wei ^a,b   Klempnauer, Juergen ^a,c  

^a Shanghai Second Medical University ^*

^b SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor liver; Split; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT; BODY WEIGHT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23944511093     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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