Mesorenal shunt using inferior mesenteric vein and left renal vein in a case of LDLT

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1189-1192

  Kanazawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Takada, Yasutsugu ^a   Ogura, Yasuhiro ^a   Oike, Fumitaka ^a   Egawa, Hiroto ^a   Uemoto, Shinji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Portal hypertension; Portal modulation; Small for size graft syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; END TO SIDE ANASTOMOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MESENTERIC VEIN; MESORENAL SHUNT; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449095577     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00928.x     Document Type: Article

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