Technical skills required in split liver transplantation

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue , 2016, Pages 408-415

  Liu, Huanqiu ^a   Li, Ruijun ^a   Fu, Jinling ^b   He, Qianyan ^c   Li, Ji ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Liver; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CADAVER; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER GRAFT; MORTALITY; RECIPIENT; SKILL; TRANSPLANTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; DONOR; DONOR SELECTION; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; SURGERY; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; CADAVER; CHILD; DONOR SELECTION; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT SELECTION; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84979060326     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.896351     Document Type: Review

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