Liver retransplantation: A model for determining long-term survival

Transplantation

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1016-1021

  Linhares, Marcelo M ^a,c   Azoulay, Daniel ^b   Matos, Délcio ^a   Castelo Filho, Adauto ^a   Triviño, Tarcísio ^a   Goldenberg, Alberto ^a   Castaing, Denis ^b   Adam, René ^b   Délvart, Valerie ^b   Ichai, Phillipe ^b   Saliba, Fauze ^b   Lemoine, Antoine ^b   Samuel, Didier ^b   Bismuth, Henry ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Multivariate analysis; Risk factors; Survival rate; Treatment failure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONOLOGY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646358496     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000203798.96491.2f     Document Type: Article

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