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Portal vein arterialization (PVA) is a technical variation of auxiliary heterotopic liver transplantation (AHLT) that is rarely studied but that simplifies the AHLT surgical technique… (More)
BACKGROUND
Auxiliary heterotopic liver transplantation with portal vein arterialization (AHLT-PVA) is a model that has been hardly studied, despite its therapeutic potential.
METHODS
Hemodynamic… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate knowledge of living wills and attitudes to these documents in the populations of two basic health areas in Toledo (Spain).
METHOD
We performed a descriptive, cross-sectional… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Our aim was to evaluate liver graft integrity and function using scintigraphy and ultrasonography in a porcine model of auxiliary heterotopic liver transplantation with portal vein… (More)
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to describe a new model of auxiliary heterotopic partial liver transplantation with portal vein arterialization.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Three standard… (More)
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Our goal was to determine the hemodynamic changes that are witnessed during the initial minutes of reperfusion of the graft in liver xenotransplantation from pig to baboon.
METHOD
We… (More)