Transhilar passage in right graft live donor liver transplantation: Intrahilar anatomy and its impact on operative strategy

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 718-727

  Radtke, A ^a   Sotiropoulos, G C ^b   Molmenti, E P ^c   Sgourakis, G ^d   Schroeder, T ^b   Beckebaum, S ^b   Peitgen, H O ^e   Cicinnati, V R ^b   Broelsch, C E ^f   Broering, D C ^a   Malago M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f Department Emeritus ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D CT; liver imaging; liver partition; living donor liver transplantation; vascular complications; vascular injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER STRUCTURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857641754     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03827.x     Document Type: Article

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