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Reno-portal shunt for liver transplant, an alternative inflow for recipients with grade III–IV portal vein thrombosis: Tips for a better outcome

INTRODUCTION: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) poses an extremely difficult problem in cirrhotic patients who are in need of a liver transplant. The prevalence of PVT in patients with cirrhosis ranges from 0.6% to 26% Nery et al. (2015) [1]. The presence of PVT is associated with more technically diffic...

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Autores principales: Nazzal, Mustafa, Sun, Yifei, Okoye, Obi, Diggs, Laurence, Evans, Neil, Osborn, Tamara, Etesami, Kambiz, Varma, Chintalapati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5742012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29102862
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.09.028