Conventional versus piggyback technique of caval implantation; without extra-corporeal veno-venous bypass. A comparative study

Transplant International

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 795-801

  Khan, Saboor ^a   Silva, Michael A ^a   Tan, Yu Meng ^a   John, Abraham ^a   Gunson, Bridget ^a   Buckels, John A C ^a   Mayer, A David ^a   Bramhall, Simon R ^a   Mirza, Darius F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extra corporeal circulation; Liver transplantation; Piggyback syndrome; Temporary portocaval shunt

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CAVA VEIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DONOR SELECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; THROMBOCYTE; VEIN BYPASS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33748504550     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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