Biliary complications after liver transplantation - 523 Consecutive cases in two centers

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 57, Issue 101, 2010, Pages 932-938

  Dorobantu, Bogdan ^a   Brasoveanu, Vlad ^a   Matei, Emil ^a   Dima, Simona ^a   Giacomoni, Alessandro ^b   Slim, Abdallah ^b   Lauterio, Andrea ^b   Forti, Domenico ^b   Popescu, Irinel ^a   De Carlis, Luciano ^b  

^a FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary complications; Liver transplantation; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CADAVER DONOR; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOTIC LEAK; BILE DUCT DISEASES; BILE DUCTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149232753     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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