T-tube or no T-tube in cadaveric orthotopic liver transplantation: The type of tube really matters

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e172-

  Gastaca, Mikel ^a   Valdivieso, Andres ^a   Ruiz, Patricia ^a   Ventoso, Alberto ^a   De Urbina, Jorge Ortiz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT; LATEX; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RUBBER; SILICON;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANASTOMOSIS STENOSIS; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CADAVER; CHOLEDOCHOCHODEDOCHOSTOMY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); T TUBE; TUBE REMOVAL; ANASTOMOSIS; DEVICES; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE;

EID: 84945300522     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31829d56c0     Document Type: Letter

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