A novel technique for hepatic arterial reconstruction in living-donor liver transplant

Experimental and Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 585-589

  Haberal, Mehmet ^a   Sevmis, Sinasi ^a   Karakayali, Hamdi ^a   Moray, Gokhan ^a   Yilmaz, Ugur ^a   Ozcay, Figen ^a   Torgay, Adnan ^a   Aydogan, Cem ^a   Arslan, Gulnaz ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Liver circulation; Organ graft; Reconstructive surgical procedure; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT PLASMINOGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CHILD; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FOLLOW UP; HEMATEMESIS; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WILSON DISEASE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STENT; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34547419543     PISSN: 13040855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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