The bile duct - The achilles' heel of living donor liver transplantation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1296-1297

  Johnson, Lynt B ^a   Al Kawas, Firas H ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT DISEASE; BILE LEAKAGE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; T TUBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BILE DUCT; HISTOLOGY; NOTE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 3843081891     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.70775.x     Document Type: Editorial

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