Decreased surgical risks of pancreas transplantation in the modern era

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 269-275

  Humar, Abhinav ^a   Kandaswamy, Raja ^a   Granger, Darla ^a   Gruessner, Rainer W ^a   Gruessner, Angelika C ^a   Sutherland, David E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; MYCOSES; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033960992     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200002000-00017     Document Type: Article

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