Bile changes after liver surgery: Experimental and clinical lessons for future applications

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 450-460

  Gravante, Gianpiero ^a   Knowles, Timothy ^b   Ong, Seok Ling ^a   Al Taan, Omer ^a   Metcalfe, Matthew ^a   Dennison, Ashley R ^a   Lloyd, David M ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bile analysis; Bile composition; Bile secretion; Biliary acids; Liver failure; Liver resection; Liver transplant

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN DIGLUCURONIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN 6; SCATTER FACTOR;

BILE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REVIEW;

BILE; BILIRUBIN; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; JAUNDICE; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 78049481267     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000320459     Document Type: Review

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