Obesity predicts increased overall complications following pancreas transplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3564-3566

  Hanish, S I ^a   Petersen, R P ^a   Collins, B H ^a   Tuttle Newhall, J ^a   Marroquin, C E ^a   Kuo, P C ^a   Butterly, D W ^a   Smith, S R ^a   Desai, D M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEATH; EVISCERATION; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GANGRENE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OBESITY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27844494219     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.09.068     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. United Network of Organ Sharing: Available at http://www.unos.optn.org
2. H.U. Meier-Kriesche The impact of body mass index on renal transplant outcomes a significant independent risk factor for graft failure and patient death Transplantation 73 2002 70