Use of donor aorta for arterial reconstruction in paediatric liver and multivisceral transplantation

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 705-708

  Nishida, S ^a,b   Vaidya, A ^a   Kato, T ^a   Nakamura, N ^a   Madariaga, J ^a   Tzakis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Highland Professional Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BLEEDING; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW;

AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHILD; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; VISCERA;

EID: 2942610558     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4550     Document Type: Review

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