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Urgent Revascularization of a Liver Allograft with a Saphenous Vein Interposition Graft Between the Hepatic Artery and the Recipient Splenic Artery After Late Hepatic Artery Thrombosis

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  1. Departments of General surgery and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

    Sezai Yilmaz MD, Vedat Kirimlioglu MD, Burak Isik MD, Mehmet Yilmaz MD, Hale S. Kirimlioglu MD, Cengiz Ara MD, Gokhan Sogutlu MD, Bektas Battaloglu MD & Daniel A. Katz MD

  2. Ozal Tip Merkezi, Genel Cerrahi AD, Inonu Universitesi Turgut, Malatya, 44069, Turkey

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Yilmaz, S., Kirimlioglu, V., Isik, B. et al. Urgent Revascularization of a Liver Allograft with a Saphenous Vein Interposition Graft Between the Hepatic Artery and the Recipient Splenic Artery After Late Hepatic Artery Thrombosis. Dig Dis Sci 50, 1177–1180 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-005-2730-6

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