Help for liver transplant patients with small-for-size syndrome
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 07:56
in Health & Medicine
Blocking off the splenic artery, either through surgical ligation or radiological coiling, helped six out of seven patients suffering from small-for-size syndrome after a partial liver transplant. This finding is in the February issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by John Wiley and Sons. The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience...
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