Infrahepatic vena cavocavostomy, a modification of the piggyback technique for liver transplantation

American Surgeon

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 421-425

  Khanmoradi, Kamran ^a,b   Defaria, Werviston ^a   Nishida, Seigo ^a   Levi, David ^a   Kato, Tomoaki ^a   Moon, Jang ^a   Selvaggi, Gennaro ^a   Tzakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFRAHEPATIC VENA CAVOCAVOSTOMY; ISCHEMIA; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETRANSPLANTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; VEIN DIAMETER; ANASTOMOSIS; CAVA VEIN; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENAE CAVAE;

EID: 67449089296     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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