Outcomes of surgical repair of bile leaks and strictures after adult-to-adult living donor liver transplant

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Melcher, Marc L ^a   Freise, Chris E ^b   Ascher, Nancy L ^b   Roberts, John P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biliary complications; Liver transplantation; Living donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BILE DUCTS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649844835     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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