Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Hepatic Venous Outflow and Renal Function after Conventional versus Piggyback Liver Transplantation.

This randomized prospective clinical trial compared the hepatic venous outflow drainage and renal function after conventional with venovenous bypass (n = 15) or piggyback (n = 17) liver transplantation.Free hepatic vein pressure (FHVP) and central venous pressure (CVP) measurements were performed af...

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Main Authors: Marília D'Elboux Guimarães Brescia, Paulo Celso Bosco Massarollo, Ernesto Sasaki Imakuma, Sérgio Mies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4482688?pdf=render