Living donor liver transplantation using dual grafts from two donors: A feasible option to overcome small-for-size graft problems?

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 887-892

  Soejima, Y ^a   Taketomi, A ^a   Ikegami, T ^a   Yoshizumi, T ^a   Uchiyama, H ^a   Yamashita, Y ^a   Meguro, M ^a,c   Harada, N ^a   Shimada, M ^b   Maehara, Y ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dual grafts; Left lobe graft; Living donor liver transplantation; Right lobe graft; Small for size graft

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; INTERFERON; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PREDNISOLONE; RIBAVIRIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATIC VEIN; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAFETY;

ANASTOMOSIS, ROUX-EN-Y; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40449127180     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02153.x     Document Type: Article

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