A novel technique for auxiliary partial liver transplantation with reno-portal anastomosis and avoidance of the hepatoduodenal ligament

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2802-2808

  Ringers, J ^a   Baranski, A G ^a   Dubbeld, J ^a   Sarton, E ^a   Veenendaal, R A ^a   Schaapherder, A F M ^a   Van Der Linden, E ^a   Terpstra, O T ^a   Van Hoek, B ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Auxiliary; Liver transplantation; Portal vein; Renal vein; Reno portal

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; MEBROFENIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS HEMOFILTRATION; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOBILIARY SCINTISCANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC DISORDER; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTORENAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; DUODENUM; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PORTAL VEIN; RENAL CIRCULATION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750014465     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2006.01538.x     Document Type: Article

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