Comparison of surgical methods in liver transplantation: Retrohepatic caval resection with venovenous bypass (VVB) versus piggyback (PB) with VVB versus PB without VVB

Transplant International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1247-1258

  Sakai, Tetsuro ^a   Matsusaki, Takashi ^a   Marsh, James W ^b   Hilmi, Ibtesam A ^a   Planinsic, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

blood transfusion; end stage liver disease; outcome; retrospective study; survival

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARREST; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTUBATION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY INJURY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PIGGYBACK TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROHEPATIC CAVAL RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOVENOUS SHUNT;

ADULT; AGED; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 78649265004     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2010.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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