## Abstract Reconstruction of the hepatic artery (HA) is challenging, because there are technical difficulties. Especially, it is difficult to repair the posterior wall. In 2006, we reported an experimental study of the posterior wall first continuous suturing combined with the interrupted suturing
Hepatic artery reconstruction in living-donor liver transplantation: A review of its techniques and complications
โ Scribed by Uchiyama, Hideaki; Hashimoto, Koji; Hiroshige, Shoji; Harada, Noboru; Soejima, Yuji; Nishizaki, Takashi; Shimada, Mitsuo; Suehiro, Taketoshi
- Book ID
- 122686939
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Volume
- 131
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0039-6060
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