Split-liver transplantation: An underused resource in liver transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 493-499

  Rogiers, Xavier ^a   Sieders, Egbert ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Liver; Split; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; DONOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER RESECTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGISTER; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CADAVER; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52449117706     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181812f03     Document Type: Article

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