Small-for-Size Syndrome in the Rat: Does Size or Technique Matter?

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-26

  Dahmen, Uta ^a   Madrahimov, Nodir ^a   Madrahimova, Fotima ^a   Ji, Yuan ^a   Schenk, Andrea ^b   Dirsch, Olaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

liver perfusion; liver resection; outflow obstruction; small for size syndrome; surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIGATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER RESECTION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL FOR SIZE SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC INSUFFICIENCY; LIGATION; LIVER; LIVER REGENERATION; MALE; NECROSIS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SYNDROME;

EID: 48949092203     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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