Anatomy of the right liver lobe: A surgical analysis in 124 consecutive living donors

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Bageacu, S ^a   Abdelaal, A ^b   Ficarelli, S ^a   Elmeteini, M ^b   Boillot, O ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Wady EL Neel Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Biliary anatomy; Liver anatomy; Liver transplantation; Living donor; Portal vein anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BILE DUCT TRIFURCATION; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIVER; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER RESECTION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGMENTAL BILE DUCT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BILE DUCTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051692889     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01466.x     Document Type: Article

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