Response to the Comment on "Somatostatin as Inflow Modulator in Liver-transplant Recipients With Severe Portal Hypertension: A Randomized Trial"

Mariano Cesare Giglio^{1

2}, Roberto Ivan Troisi^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Comment

Mariano Cesare Giglio et al. Ann Surg. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;271(5):e122.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003675.

Mariano Cesare Giglio^{1

2}, Roberto Ivan Troisi^{1

2}

¹ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
² Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

No abstract available

Comment on

Somatostatin as Inflow Modulator in Liver-transplant Recipients With Severe Portal Hypertension: A Randomized Trial.
Troisi RI, Vanlander A, Giglio MC, Van Limmen J, Scudeller L, Heyse B, De Baerdemaeker L, Croo A, Voet D, Praet M, Hoorens A, Antoniali G, Codarin E, Tell G, Reynaert H, Colle I, Sainz-Barriga M. Troisi RI, et al. Ann Surg. 2019 Jun;269(6):1025-1033. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003062. Ann Surg. 2019. PMID: 31082898 Clinical Trial.
Comment on "Somatostatin as Inflow Modulator in Liver-transplant Recipients With Severe Portal Hypertension-A Randomized Trial".
Hakeem AR, Rammohan A, Reddy MS, Rela M. Hakeem AR, et al. Ann Surg. 2020 May;271(5):e121-e122. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000003680. Ann Surg. 2020. PMID: 31688273 No abstract available.

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