Conventional split liver transplantation for two adult recipients: A recent experience in a single european center

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1117-1122

  Cescon, Matteo ^a   Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Del Gaudio, Massimo ^a   Vivarelli, Marco ^a   Cucchetti, Alessandro ^a   Zanello, Matteo ^a   Vetrone, Gaetano ^a   Lauro, Augusto ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult recipients; Deceased donors; MELD score.; Partial grafts

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC DISORDER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILIRUBIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72949114848     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181ba1096     Document Type: Article

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