Graft size alone should not affect donors selection and be used to predict the prognosis of recipients after living donor liver transplantation

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 113, 2012, Pages 224-227

  Lei, Jian Yong ^a   Yan, Lu Nan ^a   Li, Bo ^a   Wen, Tian Fu ^a   Wang, Wen Tao ^a   Xu, Ming Qing ^a   Yang, Jia Ying ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Donor; Graft size; Living liver transplantation; Prognosis; Small for size syndrome

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT TO RECIPIENT WEIGHT RATIO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; LIVING DONOR; LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REOPERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SMALL FOR SIZE SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHINA; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863284960     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge11035     Document Type: Article

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