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Simultaneous partial splenectomy during liver transplantation for advanced cirrhosis patients combined with severe splenomegaly and hypersplenism

BACKGROUND: The most effective treatment for advanced cirrhosis and portal hypertension is liver transplantation (LT). However, splenomegaly and hypersplenism can persist even after LT in patients with massive splenomegaly. AIM: To examine the feasibility of performing partial splenectomy during LT...

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Autores principales: Jiang, Wen-Tao, Yang, Jian, Xie, Yan, Guo, Qing-Jun, Tian, Da-Zhi, Li, Jun-Jie, Shen, Zhong-Yang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7901050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33642835
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v27.i7.654