Small-for-size syndrome in adult-to-adult living-related liver transplantation

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 40, 2010, Pages 5011-5015

  Gruttadauria, Salvatore ^a,b   Pagano, Duilio ^a   Luca, Angelo ^a   Gridelli, Bruno ^a,b  

^a MEDITERRANEAN INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPLANTATION AND ADVANCED SPECIALIZED THERAPIES ISMETT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult to adult living related liver transplantation; Liver resection; Liver transplantation; Small for size syndrome

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ENDOTHELIN 1; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT TO ADULT LIVING RELATED DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR SIZE SYNDROME; SPLEEN ARTERY; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; EDITORIAL; LIVER; LIVING DONOR; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 79952196840     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i40.5011     Document Type: Review

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