Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair in liver transplant and other immunosuppressed patients

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 349-354

  Andreoni, Kenneth A ^a   Lightfoot Jr , Harry ^a   Gerber, David A ^a   Johnson, Mark W ^a   Fair, Jeffery H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunosuppressive medications; Kidney pancreas transplant; Laparoscopic mesh repair; Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair; Liver transplant; Posttransplant surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCISIONAL HERNIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; HERNIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0036556220     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.20410.x     Document Type: Article

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