Surgical complications and outcome of paediatric liver transplantation: The Singapore experience

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 609-614

  Prabhakaran, K ^a   Patankar, J Z ^a   Quak, S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Liver transplant; Paediatric; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL INJURY; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILE LEAKAGE; CADAVER; CHILD; CHOLANGITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944445401     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-005-1482-x     Document Type: Article

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