Pediatric liver transplantation using reduced and hyper-reduced left lateral segment grafts: A 10-year single-center experience

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3406-3413

  Shehata, M R ^a   Yagi, S ^a   Okamura, Y ^a   Iida, T ^a   Hori, T ^a   Yoshizawa, A ^a   Hata, K ^a   Fujimoto, Y ^a   Ogawa, K ^a   Okamoto, S ^a   Ogura, Y ^a   Mori, A ^a   Teramukai, S ^a   Kaido, T ^a   Uemoto, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Living donor liver transplantation; monosegment; partial left lateral segment graft; reduced and hyper reduced graft

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CHILD; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HYPER REDUCED LEFT LATERAL SEGMENT GRAFT; INFANT; INTESTINE PERFORATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARTIAL LEFT LATERAL SEGMENT GRAFT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REDUCED LEFT LATERAL SEGMENT GRAFT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84870558344     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04268.x     Document Type: Article

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