Phrenic vein dissection in partial liver graft harvesting

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 53, Issue 71, 2006, Pages 778-780

  Dulundu, Ender ^b   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Kishi, Yoji ^a   Akamatsu, Nobuhisa ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic vein; Outflow obstruction; Phrenic vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN LIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 33750599497     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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