Graft selection algorithm based on congestion volume for adult living donor liver transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1788-1796

  Asakuma, M ^a,b   Fujimoto, Y ^a,c   Bourquain, H ^d   Uryuhara, K ^a   Hayashi, M ^b   Tanigawa, N ^b   Peitgen, H O ^d   Tanaka, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor safety; Graft selection; Hepatic venous congestion; Liver transplantation; Living donor; Right lobe graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 34250179462     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01849.x     Document Type: Article

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