Right lobe split liver transplantation versus whole liver transplantation in adult recipients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 928-943

  Wan, Ping ^a   Li, Qigen ^a   Zhang, Jianjun ^a   Xia, Qiang ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHOLESTASIS; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADULT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; HEMORRHAGE; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER RESECTION; LIVING DONOR; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMORRHAGE; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84933518491     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.24135     Document Type: Article

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