Hepatic artery thrombosis after adult living donor liver transplantation: The effect of center volume

Transplantation

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 926-928

  Salvalaggio, Paolo R ^a,b   Modanlou, Kian A ^a,b   Edwards, Erick B ^c   Harper, Ann M ^c   Abecassis, Michael M ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor pool; Hepatic artery thrombosis; Living donor liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSPLANT CENTER; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEPATIC ARTERY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38449121028     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000281554.00247.92     Document Type: Article

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