Preserved vascular homograft for revascularization of pediatric liver transplant: A clinical, histological, and bacteriological study

Transplantation

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 672-677

  Martinez J A ^a,b   Rigamonti, W ^a,c   Rahier, J ^a   Gigi, J ^a   Lerut, J ^a   De Ville De Goyet, J ^a   Otte, J B ^a   Reding, R ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRESERVATION SOLUTION; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLUTION;

ALLOGRAFT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADENOSINE; ADOLESCENT; ALLOPURINOL; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ILIAC VEIN; INFANT; INSULIN; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LIVER; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RAFFINOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE DONORS; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0345062325     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199909150-00013     Document Type: Article

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