Liver transplantation with preservation of the inferior vena cava: Lessons learned through 2,000 cases

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 691-698

  Levi, David M ^a   Pararas, Nikolaos ^a   Tzakis, Andreas G ^a   Nishida, Seigo ^a   Tryphonopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Gonzalez Pinto, Ignacio ^a   Tekin, Akin ^a   Selvaggi, Gennaro ^a   Livingstone, Alan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

conventional technique, hepatectomy with cava excision; CVT; E1; E2; Era 1; Era 2; inferior vena cava; IVC; liver transplant(ation); LT; PBT; piggyback technique, cava preserving hepatectomy; temporary portocaval shunt; TIPS; TPCS; transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; venovenous bypass; VVBP; warm ischemia time; WIT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84859213512     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.12.039     Document Type: Article

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