Does caval reconstruction technique affect early graft function after liver transplantation? A preliminary analysis

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1103-1106

  Lai, Q ^a   Nudo, F ^a   Molinaro, A ^b   Mennini, G ^a   Spoletini, G ^a   Melandro, F ^a   Guglielmo, N ^a   Parlati, L ^b   Mordenti, M ^b   Ginanni Corradini, S ^b   Berloco, P B ^a   Rossi, M ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN RECONSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COLD ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; ITALY; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; WARM ISCHEMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957626277     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.01.136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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