Portal vein thrombosis and liver transplantation: Evolution during 10 years of experience at the university of bologna

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 378-384

  Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Zanello, Matteo ^a   Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Gaudio, Massimo Del ^a   Cucchetti, Alessandro ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79151469569     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318206818b     Document Type: Article

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