Is graft size a major risk factor in living-donor adult liver transplantation?

Transplant International

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 310-316

  Shimada, M ^a   Ijichi, H ^b   Yonemura, Y ^b   Harada, N ^b   Shiotani, S ^b   Ninomiya, M ^b   Yoshizumi, T ^b   Soejima, Y ^b   Suehiro, T ^b   Maehara, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholestasis; Graft survival; Intractable ascites; Left lobe graft; Small for size graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3943096724     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2004.tb00448.x     Document Type: Article

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