Ligation of left renal vein for large spontaneous splenorenal shunt to prevent portal flow steal in adult living donor liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-50

  Lee, Sung Gyu ^a   Moon, Deok Bog ^a   Ahn, Chul Soo ^a   Kim, Ki Hun ^a   Hwang, Shin ^a   Park, Kwang Min ^a   Ha, Tae Yong ^a   Ko, Gi Young ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a   Song, Gi Won ^a   Jung, Dong Hwan ^a   Moon, Ki Myung ^a   Kim, Bum Soo ^a   Cho, Yong Pil ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ligation of left renal vein; Splenorenal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTAL FLOW STEAL; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; VEIN LIGATION;

EID: 33845634377     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2006.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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