Feasibility of split liver transplantation for 2 adults in the model of end-stage liver disease era

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 258, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-311

  Lee, Wei Chen ^a   Chan, Kun Ming ^a   Chou, Hong Shiue ^a   Wu, Ting Jung ^a   Lee, Chen Fang ^a   Soong, Ruey Shyang ^a   Wu, Tsung Han ^a   Lee, Ching Song ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

adult; partial liver graft

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BILE LEAKAGE; CHILD PUGH SCORE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SELECTION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER CONGESTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVING DONOR; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN GRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DONOR SELECTION; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880570349     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182754b8e     Document Type: Article

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