Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has become a well-recognized treatment modality for patients with end-stage liver disease. Arterial reconstruction during LDLT is perhaps the most important aspect of the grafting procedure. Although microsurgical hepatic artery reconstruction has become the
Long-Term Outcome of Hepatic Artery Reconstruction during Living-Donor Liver Transplantation
โ Scribed by M. Banshodani; H. Tashiro; T. Onoe; K. Ide; H. Ohdan
- Book ID
- 113935143
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 333 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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