Heterotopic tracheal transplantation with omentum wrapping in the abdominal position preserves functional and structural integrity of a human tracheal allograft

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 862-867

  Klepetko, Walter ^a,c   Marta, Gabriel Mihai ^a   Wisser, Wilfried ^a   Melis, Enrico ^b   Kocher, Alfred ^a   Seebacher, Gernot ^a   Aigner, Clemens ^a   Mazhar, Samy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLOSPORIN A; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CRICOTRACHEAL RESECTION; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; STAINING; STENT; STOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEAL ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; TRACHEAL TRANSPLANTATION; TRACHEOTOMY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 1542313984     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.07.050     Document Type: Article

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