Hepatic venous outflow obstruction after piggyback liver transplantation by an unusual mechanism: Report of a case

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 5416-5418

  Ng, Simon Siu Man ^a   Yu, Simon Chun Ho ^a   Lee, Janet Fung Yee ^a   Lai, Paul Bo San ^a   Lau, Wan Yee ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hepatic vanous outflow obstruction; Liver transplantation; Percutaneous balloon angioplasty; Piggyback

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CADAVER DONOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC VENOUS OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STENOSIS;

EID: 33749421714     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i33.5416     Document Type: Article

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