Diaphragmatic hernia resulting in enterothorax following pediatric liver transplantation: A rare complication

Transplantation

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 574-576

  Englert, Cornelia ^a   Helmke, Knut ^a   Richter, Andrea ^a   Beckmann, Matthias ^a   Rogiers, Xavier ^a   Burdelski, Martin ^a   Ganschow, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Diaphragmatic hernia; Enterothorax; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; ENTEROTHORAX; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG COMPLICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THORAX DISEASE; X RAY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33747890674     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000231709.63721.5c     Document Type: Article

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