T-tube or no T-tube in the reconstruction of the biliary tract during orthotopic liver transplantation: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 705-717

  Riediger, Carina ^a   Müller, Michael W ^a   Michalski, Christoph W ^a   Hüser, Norbert ^a   Schuster, Tibor ^b   Kleeff, Jörg ^a   Friess, Helmut ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T TUBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BILIARY TRACT SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953628365     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.22070     Document Type: Review

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