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Letter| Volume 132, ISSUE 5, P904-905, November 2002

Left liver plus caudate lobe graft with complete revascularization

      We read with interest the article by Ikegami and colleagues.
      • Ikegami T
      • Nishizaki T
      • Yanaga K
      • Shimada M
      • Kakizoe S
      • Nomota K
      • et al.
      Changes in the caudate lobe that is transplanted with extended left lobe liver graft from living donors.
      In living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for adult patients, graft size is an independent predictor of mortality.
      • Sugawara Y
      • Makuuchi M
      • Takayama T
      • Imamura H
      • Dowaki S
      • Mizuta K
      • et al.
      Small-for-size grafts in living-related liver transplantation.
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