Decision for retransplantation of the liver: An experience- and cost-based analysis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 236, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 713-721

  Azoulay, Daniel ^a   Linhares, Marcello M ^a   Huguet, Emmanuel ^a   Delvart, Valérie ^a   Castaing, Denis ^a   Adam, René ^a   Ichai, Philippe ^a   Saliba, Faouzi ^a   Lemoine, Antoinette ^a   Samuel, Didier ^a   Bismuth, Henri ^a   Tilanus, H W ^b   Margreiter, R ^b  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b Hôpital Paul Brousse ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; REIMPLANTATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036895609     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-200212000-00003     Document Type: Article

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