Biliary strictures and hepatic artery flow abnormalities in split liver transplants

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-125

  O'Loughlin, Edward V ^a   Stormon, Michael O ^a,b   Shun, Albert ^a,b   Verran, Deborah ^b   Jermyn, Vicki ^a,b   Wong, Christopher ^a   Lord, David ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biliary strictures; Hepatic artery; Liver transplants

Indexed keywords

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ISCHEMIA; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CHOLESTASIS; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; JEJUNOSTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 74349103790     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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