Versatility and viability of hepatic venoplasty in live donor liver transplantation using the right lobe with the middle hepatic vein

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 618-621

  Chan, See Ching ^a   Lo, Chung Mau ^a   Liu, Chi Leung ^a   Wong, Yik ^a   Fan, Sheung Tat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Live donor liver transplantation; Venoplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVING DONORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 28444448073     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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