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
Outcomes in partial liver transplantation: deceased donor split-liver vs. live donor liver transplantation
β Scribed by Reza F. Saidi; Nicolas Jabbour; YouFu Li; Shimul A. Shah; Adel Bozorgzadeh
- Book ID
- 111221239
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 251 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1365-182X
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