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Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Rats
Published on: July 1, 2012
Successful living donor liver transplant in a very small child
1Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Relief, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi - 110 076, India.
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
|October 1, 2010
Abstract:
Liver transplantation in small children poses perioperative challenges that are different from those seen in adults. We present our successful anaesthetic experience in a 7-month-old infant who has been the youngest case of successful living donor liver transplant performed in our institution till the day this article was being prepared.
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