As the number of living donor (LD) and deceased donor (DD) split-liver transplants (SLTs) have increased over the last 5 years, so too has the interest in liver regeneration after such partial-liver transplants. We looked at liver regeneration, as measured by computed tomography (CT) volumetrics, to
Maximizing the donor pool: marginal donors, splits, and living donor liver transplants
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- Book ID
- 108950137
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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