Hepaticojejunostomy is a standard biliary reconstruction method for infantile living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), but choledochocholedochostomy for infants is not generally accepted yet. Ten pediatric recipients weighing no more than 10 kg underwent duct-to-duct choledochocholedochostomy (DD)
Choledochocholedochostomy Conversion to Hepaticojejunostomy due to Biliary Obstruction in Liver Transplantation
✍ Scribed by Ramón Gómez; Enrique Moreno; Camilo Castellón; Ignacio González-Pinto; Carmelo Loinaz; Ignacio García
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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