The use of autologous rectus facia sheath for replacement of inferior caval vein defect in orthotopic liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1376-1377

  Kóbori, László ^a   Doros, Attila ^a   Németh, Tibor ^b   Fazakas, János ^a   Nemes, Balázs ^a   Slooff, Maarten J H ^c   Járay, Jeno ^a   De Jong, Koert P ^c  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Budd Chiari syndrome; Mesothelium; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CAVOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MESOTHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 28444433768     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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