Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 8-13 , January 2010

Impact of Short Hepatic Vein Reconstruction in Living Donor Adult Liver Transplantation Using a Left Liver Plus Caudate Lobe Graft

  • Koji Mikami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobuhide Matsuoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Regenerative Medicine and Transplantation, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Takafumi Maekawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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PII: S1015-9584(10)60002-4

doi: 10.1016/S1015-9584(10)60002-4

Asian Journal of Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 8-13 , January 2010

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