Use of middle hepatic vein in right lobe living donor liver transplantation

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 285-291

  Dayangac, Murat ^a   Taner, C Burcin ^a   Balci, Deniz ^a   Memi, Izzet ^a   Yaprak, Onur ^a   Akin, Baris ^a   Duran, Cihan ^a   Killi, Refik ^a   Ayanoglu, Omer ^a   Yuzer, Yildiray ^a   Tokat, Yaman ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor complications; Living donor liver transplantation; Middle hepatic vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALGORITHMS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 75149187909     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2009.00978.x     Document Type: Article

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