Reconstruction of the suprahepatic cuff injured during multiorgan procurement using the infrahepatic vena cava of the liver allograft

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1468-1469

  di Francesco, Fabrizio ^a   Cautero, Nicola ^a   De Luca, Stefano ^a   Vecchi, Andrea ^a   Garelli, Paolo ^a   Doria, Cataldo ^b   Marino, Ignazio R ^b   Risaliti, Andrea ^a  

^a OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR PATENCY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS; VEIN INJURY; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

AMYLOIDOSIS, FAMILIAL; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 35448936773     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21195     Document Type: Article

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