A complete treatment of adult living donor liver transplantation: A review of surgical technique and current challenges to expand indication of patients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-38

  Lee, S G ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CHOLESTASIS; DONOR SELECTION; ENGRAFTMENT; HUMAN; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN; LIVING DONOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; ADULT; LIVER DISEASES; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; PATIENT SELECTION;

EID: 84919685467     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12907     Document Type: Review

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