In the present study, the results of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for 125 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients were analyzed to determine optimal criteria exceeding the Milan criteria (MC) but still with predictably good outcomes. On the basis of pretransplant imaging studies, 70 pat
Usefulness of the Kyoto criteria as selection criteria for living donor liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma
โ Scribed by Toshimi Kaido; Yasutsugu Takada; Shinji Uemoto
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.22020
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