Size-reduced lung transplantation: An advanced operative strategy to alleviate donor organ shortage

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2801-2805

  Aigner, C ^a   Winkler, G ^a   Jaksch, P ^a   Ankersmit, J ^a   Marta, G ^a   Taghavi, S ^a   Wisser, W ^a   Klepetko, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGAN DONOR; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CADAVER; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 11144271470     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.09.066     Document Type: Article

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