The reduced left lateral segment in pediatric liver transplantation: An alternative to the monosegment graft

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 696-700

  Attia, M S ^a   Stringer, M D ^a   McClean, P ^a   Prasad, K R ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Left lateral segment; Monosegent; Paediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART FAILURE; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECIPIENT; REVASCULARIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEDIATRICS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49349114753     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2007.00882.x     Document Type: Article

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