Interventional Radiology in the Pediatric Liver Transplant Patient

Liver transplantation now plays a major role in the treatment of end-stage liver disease in children. Reduced-size liver transplant surgical techniques have allowed increasing numbers of children to undergo liver transplantation. As more children are undergoing liver transplantation, there is a grow...

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Published in:Seminars in interventional radiology 2002-02, Vol.19 (1), p.59-72
Main Authors: Rigsby, Cynthia K, Superina, Riccardo, Alonso, Estella M, Mueller, Peter R, Donaldson, James S
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Language:English
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Summary:Liver transplantation now plays a major role in the treatment of end-stage liver disease in children. Reduced-size liver transplant surgical techniques have allowed increasing numbers of children to undergo liver transplantation. As more children are undergoing liver transplantation, there is a growing need for radiologic diagnosis of and intervention in post-transplantation complications in these patients.
ISSN:0739-9529
1098-8963
DOI:10.1055/s-2002-25140