Transplantation of pediatric en bloc kidneys when the proximal vascular cuff is too short: The aortorenal aortic lid [1]

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1064-1065

  Troppmann, Christoph ^a   Perez, Richard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANASTOMOSIS; DONOR; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTESTINE GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; LIVER GRAFT; MESENTERIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CHILD; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 37349076541     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000285264.15074.0b     Document Type: Letter

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