Incidence of death and potentially life-threatening near-miss events in living donor hepatic lobectomy: A world-wide survey

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-506

  Cheah, Yee Lee ^a   Simpson, Mary Ann ^a   Pomposelli, James J ^a   Pomfret, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIVER LOBECTOMY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MORBIDITY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84876930031     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23575     Document Type: Review

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