Wow, that portal vein is small: Preventing portal vein thrombosis in liver transplantation for small children
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Wow, that portal vein is small: preventing portal vein thrombosis in liver transplantation for small children.
Portal vein thrombosis after pediatric liver transplantation is a common and devastating complication. Occurring in up to 8% of pediatric liver transplant recipients who are less than 15 kg, it frequently leads to graft loss and the need for emergent retransplantation. Children with biliary atresia are at particularly high risk and often develop an atretic portal vein; this makes the portal vei...
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1527-6465
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23865