Living-Donor Right Hepatectomy with or without Inclusion of Middle Hepatic Vein: Comparison of Morbidity and Outcome in 56 Patients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 751-757

  Cattral, Mark S ^a   Molinari, Michele ^a   Vollmer, Charles M ^a   McGilvray, Ian ^a   Wei, Alice ^a   Walsh, Mark ^a   Adcock, Lesley ^a   Marks, Nikki ^a   Lilly, Les ^a   Girgrah, Nigel ^a   Levy, Gary ^a   Greig, Paul D ^a   Grant, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Living donor

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442528978     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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