Continuous Versus Interrupted Suture for Hepatic Artery Anastomosis in Liver Transplantation: Differences in the Incidence of Hepatic Artery Thrombosis

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3545-3547

  Coelho, G R ^a   Leitao Jr , A S ^a   Cavalcante, F P ^a   Brasil, I R C ^a   Cesar Borges, G ^a   Costa, P E G ^a   Barros, M A P ^a   Lopes, P M ^a   Nascimento, E H ^a   da Costa, J I ^a   Viana, C F ^a   Rocha, T D S ^a   Vasconcelos, J B M ^a   Garcia, J H P ^a  

^a Department of Surgery and Liver Transplantation   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTINUOUS SUTURE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERRUPTED SUTURE; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 57549117620     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.06.066     Document Type: Article

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