Ligation of Left Renal Vein as a Salvage Procedure for Splenorenal Shunt After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4243-4245

  Cho, S Y ^a   Kim, S H ^a   Lee, K W ^a   Park, S J ^a   Han, S S ^a   Kim, Y K ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; GRAFT PATENCY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY VEIN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPONTANEOUS SPLENORENAL SHUNT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VEIN LIGATION;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PORTAL VEIN; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 71249141880     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2009.08.054     Document Type: Article

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