Salvage liver transplantation has been performed for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or deterioration of liver function after primary liver resection. Because prior liver resection per se is an unfavorable condition for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), we assessed the technical fe
Laparoscopic liver resection facilitates salvage liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
✍ Scribed by Laurent, Alexis ;Tayar, Claude ;Andréoletti, Marion ;Lauzet, Jean-Yves ;Merle, Jean-Claude ;Cherqui, Daniel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 150 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1166
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