Microsurgical reconstruction of hepatic artery in living donor liver transplantation: Experiences and lessons

Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases International

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 575-580

  Yan, Sheng ^a   Zhang, Qi Yi ^a   Yu, Yu Sheng ^a   He, Jiang Juan ^a   Wang, Wei Lin ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Shen, Yan ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Xu, Xiao ^a   Zheng, Shu Sen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Hepatic artery; Liver transplantation; Living donor; Microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73849094534     PISSN: 14993872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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