Which is the best technique for hepatic venous reconstruction in pediatric living-donor liver transplantation? Experience from a single center

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1379-1384

  Tannuri, Uenis ^a   Santos, Maria M ^a   Tannuri, Ana Cristina A ^a   Gibelli, Nelson E ^a   Moreira, Airton ^a   Carnevale, Francisco C ^a   Ayoub, Ali A ^a   Maksoud Filho, João G ^a   Andrade, Wagner C ^a   Velhote, Manoel C P ^a   Silva, Marcos M ^a   Pinho Apezzato, Maria L ^a   Miyatani, Helena T ^a   Guimarães, Raimundo R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Complications of liver transplantation; Donor hepatectomy; Hepatic venous obstruction; Living donor liver transplantation; Pediatric liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATIC VENOUS OUTFLOW BLOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRIANGULATION; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC VEINS; HEPATIC VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960457737     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.11.047     Document Type: Article

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