The significance of complete interruption of large spontaneous portosystemic collaterals in adult living donor liver transplantation as a graft salvage procedure

Transplant International

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 698-700

  Moon, Deok Bog ^a   Lee, Sung Gyu ^a   Kim, Ki Hun ^a   Ahn, Chul Soo ^a   Hwang, Shin ^a   Park, Kwang Min ^a   Ha, Tae Yong ^a   Song, Gi Won ^a   Ko, Gi Young ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a   Yu, Eun Sil ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CORONARY VEIN; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPLENORENAL SHUNT;

ADULT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; PORTAL SYSTEM; RENAL VEINS; SPLENIC ARTERY;

EID: 45449094432     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00639.x     Document Type: Letter

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