The impact of midline versus transverse incisions on wound complications and outcome in simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants: A retrospective analysis

Transplant International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-67

  Douzdjian, Viken ^a   Gugliuzza, Kristene K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incision, pancreas transplantation; Pancreas transplantation, incision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INCISION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0029656178     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.1996.tb00854.x     Document Type: Article

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