Lower limit of the graft-to-recipient weight ratio can be safely reduced to 0.6% in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation in combination with portal pressure control

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2391-2393

  Kaido, T ^a   Mori, A ^a   Ogura, Y ^a   Hata, K ^a   Yoshizawa, A ^a   Iida, T ^a   Yagi, S ^a   Uemoto, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; GRAFT TO RECIPIENT WEIGHT RATIO; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; ORGAN SIZE; PORTAL PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051679407     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.05.037     Document Type: Article

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