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Splenectomy for reduction of excessive portal hypertension after adult living-related donor liver transplantation.

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2003

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Yoshinobu Sato, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hiroshi Oya, Hideki Nakatsuka, Akihiro Tsukahara, Takashi Kobayashi, Takaoki Watanabe, Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama
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Abstract

However, splenectomy remains a life-threatening factor. Therefore, transplant surgeons encountering living-related donor liver transplantation must continue to seek out additional solutions to problems with excessive portal hypertension.