Does the permanent portacaval shunt for a small-for-size graft in a living donor liver transplantation do more harm than good?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 250-252

  Oura, T ^a   Taniguchi, M ^a   Shimamura, T ^a   Suzuki, T ^a   Yamashita, K ^a   Uno, M ^a   Goto, R ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Kamiyama, T ^a   Matsushita, M ^a   Furukawa, H ^a   Todo, S ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Living donor liver transplantation; Portacaval shunt; Portal venous inflow; Small for size graft; Transient PC shunt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DONOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL REGENERATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EARLY INTERVENTION; GRAFT ATROPHY; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT SIZE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PORTOCAVAL SHUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMALL FOR SIZE GRAFT SYNDROME; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PORTACAVAL SHUNT, SURGICAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 37549059220     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.02045.x     Document Type: Article

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