Routine Use of Auxiliary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Children With Fulminant Hepatic Failure: Preliminary Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3607-3608

  Kato, T ^a   Selvaggi, G ^a   Levi, D ^a   Hernandez, E ^a   Takahashi, H ^a   Velasco, M ^a   Moon, J ^a   Nishida, S ^a   Thompson, J ^a   Ruiz, P ^b   Sfakianakis, G ^a   Tzakis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUXILIARY PARTIAL ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MYCOSIS; ORGAN DONOR; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEPATIC VEINS; HEPATITIS A; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL VEIN; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33845538337     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.10.038     Document Type: Article

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