Triangular and self-triangulating cavocavostomy for orthotopic liver transplantation without posterior suture lines: A modified surgical technique

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-121

  Dasgupta, D ^a   Sharpe, J ^a   Prasad, K R ^a   Asthana, S ^a   Toogood, G J ^a   Pollard, S G ^a   Lodge, J P A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caval preservation; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; CAVOCAVOSTOMY; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33645347313     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2005.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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