Comparison of biliary complications in adult living-donor liver transplants performed at two busy transplant centers.

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Published in Clin Transplant on November 02, 2010

Authors

Marc L Melcher1, James J Pomposelli, Jennifer E Verbesey, Ryan A McTaggart, Chris E Freise, Nancy L Ascher, John P Roberts, Elizabeth A Pomfret

Author Affiliations

1: Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

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