Impact of thoracic shape on the surgical outcomes of laparoscopic-assisted living donor hepatectomy.

Journal: Annals of gastroenterological surgery
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although laparoscopic-assisted donor hepatectomy (LADH) has become the definitive procedure for harvesting living donor livers, its surgical outcomes in association with donor body shape have not been elucidated.

Authors

  • Kosuke Tanaka
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Satoshi Ogiso
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Tomoaki Yoh
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Ahmed Hussein Abdelhafez
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Yuki Masano
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Shinya Okumura
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Shoichi Kageyama
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Takashi Ito
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Koichiro Hata
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.
  • Etsuro Hatano
    Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University Kyoto Japan.

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