Utilization of autologous vein graft for replacement of the inferior vena cava in living-donor liver transplantation for obliterative hepatocavopathy

Transplant International

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 804-807

  Shimoda, Masafumi ^a   Marubashi, Shigeru ^a   Dono, Keizo ^a   Miyamoto, Atsushi ^a   Takeda, Yutaka ^a   Nagano, Hiroaki ^a   Umeshita, Koji ^a   Monden, Morito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic outflow; Inferior vena cava stenosis; Metallic stent; Obliterative hepatocavopathy; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; POLYPROPYLENE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CASE REPORT; CAVOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN OBSTRUCTION; LIVING DONOR; OBLITERATIVE HEPATOCAVOPATHY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN GRAFT; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION; VENOUS RETURN;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; JUGULAR VEINS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 34547676744     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2007.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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