Steatosis of the hepatic graft as a risk factor for post-transplant biliary complications

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-635

  Baccarani, Umberto ^a   Isola, Miriam ^b   Adani, Gian L ^a   Avellini, Claudio ^a   Lorenzin, Dario ^a   Rossetto, Anna ^a   Currò, Giuseppe ^a   Comuzzi, Chiara ^a   Toniutto, Pierluigi ^a   Risaliti, Andrea ^c   Soldano, Franca ^b   Bresadola, Vittorio ^a   De Anna, Dino ^a   Bresadola, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biliary complications; Fatty infiltration; Liver transplantation; Microcirculation; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78650469344     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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