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Bohyun Kim1, Kyoung Won Kim2, Gi-Won Song3
1Department of Radiology, Ajou University Medical Center, Suwon, Korea.
Clinical and Molecular Hepatology
|November 3, 2015
Abstract:
Portal flow steal occasionally persists even after the liver transplantation, which may reduce the portal flow and thus threaten the patients' outcome. Therefore, pre- and peri-operative detection of portal steal phenomenon requiring radiological or surgical interruption is essential for the liver transplantation candidates as well as for the recipients.
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