Orthotopic liver transplantation in an adult with situs inversus: an easy way to fit the liver
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Orthotopic liver transplantation in an adult with situs inversus: an easy way to fit the liver.
Situs inversus (SI) is a rare congenital disorder with a complete mirror image of thoracic and abdominal organs. In adults with SI and decompensated cirrhosis experience with liver transplantation is limited. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in an adult with cirrhosis using a technique where the recipient liver was placed using a 90-degree rotation of the graft was previously reported by ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Hepatology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1665-2681
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)32042-3