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Acute liver failure due to concomitant arterial, portal and biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: is transplantation a valid life-saving strategy? A case report

BACKGROUND: Combined iatrogenic vascular and biliary injury during cholecystectomy resulting in ischemic hepatic necrosis is a very rare cause of acute liver failure. We describe a patient who developed fulminant liver failure as a result of severe cholestasis and liver gangrene secondary to iatroge...

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Autores principales: McCormack, Lucas, Quiñonez, Emilio G, Capitanich, Pablo, Chao, Sara, Serafini, Victor, Goldaracena, Nicolas, Mastai, Ricardo C
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2751741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19754971
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-3-22