Application of cryopreserved vein grafts as a conduit between the coronary vein and liver graft to reconstruct portal flow in adult living liver transplantation

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 751-755

  Wu, Tsung Han ^a   Chou, Hong Shiue ^a   Pan, Kuang Tse ^b   Lee, Ching Song ^c   Wu, Ting Jun ^a   Chu, Sung Yu ^b   Chen, Miin Fu ^a   Lee, Wei Chen ^a  

^a Departments of Liver and Transplantation Surgery   (Taiwan)

^b Radiology   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryopreserved vein graft; Living donor liver transplantation; Portal vein thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY VEIN; CRYOPRESERVATION; FIBROSIS; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VEIN GRAFT;

ADULT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CORONARY VESSELS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 70350148330     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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