Left Lobe Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Rapid Procedure in a Cirrhotic Patient With Portal Vein Thrombosis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Department of Radiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
⁶ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Case Reports

Deniz Balci et al. Ann Surg. 2022.

. 2022 Feb 1;275(2):e538-e539.

doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005107.

¹ Department of Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
³ Department of Radiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
⁵ Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
⁶ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Commentary on Balci et al "RAPID in Cirrhosis: Watch Out for Blood Flow!".
Soubrane O. Soubrane O. Ann Surg. 2022 Feb 1;275(2):e540. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005218. Ann Surg. 2022. PMID: 34534987 No abstract available.

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