T-tube or no T-tube in cadaveric orthotopic liver transplantation: The eternal dilemma: Results of a prospective and randomized clinical trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-29

  López Andújar, Rafael ^a   Orón, Eva Montalvá ^a   Carregnato, Andrés Frangi ^a   Suárez, Fabio Vergara ^a   Herraiz, Angel Moya ^a   Rodríguez, Fernando San Juan ^a   Carbó, Juan José Vila ^a   Ibars, Eugenia Pareja ^a   Sos, Javier Escrig ^b   Suárez, Angel Rubín ^a   Castillo, Martín Prieto ^a   Pallardó, José Mir ^a   De Juan Burgueño, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b Castellon General Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bile duct anastomosis; Liver transplantation; T tube

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT BYPASS; BILE LEAKAGE; CADAVER; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; T TUBE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879076390     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318286e0a0     Document Type: Article

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