Preservation solutions in liver transplantation: What are the options?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-198

  Eghtesad, Bijan ^a   Aucejo, Federico ^a   Fung, John J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELSIOR; HTK SOLUTION; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SOLUTION;

BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; COST CONTROL; CRYOPRESERVATION; EDITORIAL; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT PRESERVATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PRESERVATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPERTONIC SOLUTIONS; LIVER; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33244464943     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20698     Document Type: Editorial

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