Should we still offer split-liver transplantation for two adult recipients? A retrospective study of our experience

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 999-1006

  Giacomoni, Alessandro ^a   Lauterio, Andrea ^a   Donadon, Matteo ^a   De Gasperi, Andrea ^a   Belli, Luca ^a   Slim, Abdallah ^a   Dorobantu, Bogdan ^a   Mangoni, Iacopo ^a   De Carlis, Luciano ^a  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949120210     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21466     Document Type: Article

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