Reduction of left-lateral segment from living donors for liver transplantation in infants weighing less than 7 kg: Technical aspects and outcome

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 709-714

  Shirouzu, Yasumasa ^a   Ohya, Yuki ^a   Hayashida, Shintarou ^a   Yoshii, Taiki ^a   Asonuma, Katsuhiro ^a   Inomata, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

large for size graft; living donor liver transplantation; monosegment; primary closure

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BILIARY ATRESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955812494     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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