Short hepatic vein reconstruction in biliary atresia patients with absent inferior vena cava

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Dulundu, Ender ^a   Sugawara, Yasuhiko ^a   Kaneko, Junichi ^a   Kishi, Yoji ^a   Akamatsu, Nobuhisa ^a   Matsui, Yuichi ^a   Kokudo, Norihiro ^a   Makuuchi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomotic stricture; Bile leakage; Standard liver volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRESERVATION; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PORTOENTEROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

ADULT; BILIARY ATRESIA; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33846650509     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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