The Impact of Donor Obesity on Outcomes after Cadaver Pancreas Transplants

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 605-610

  Humar, Abhinav ^a   Ramcharan, Thigarajan ^a   Kandaswamy, Raja ^a   Gruessner, Rainer W G ^a   Gruessner, Angelika G ^a   Sutherland, David E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor obesity; Pancreas transplants; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CADAVER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CADAVER; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INSULIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942438034     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2004.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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