Left renal vein ligation: A technique to mitigate low portal flow from splenic vein siphon during liver transplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1743-1747

  Slater, R R ^a   Jabbour, N ^b   Abbass, A Abou ^a   Patil, V ^a   Hundley, J ^c   Kazimi, M ^a   Kim, D ^a   Yoshida, A ^a   Abouljoud, M ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatofugal flow; liver allograft; portal hypertension; portal venous flow; renal; transplant

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENORENAL SHUNT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN LIGATION;

ADULT; BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SPLENIC VEIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79961028651     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03578.x     Document Type: Article

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