Transplantation of en bloc pediatric kidneys when the proximal vascular cuff is too short [5]

Transplantation

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-105

  Kayler, Liise K ^a,c   Blisard, Deanna ^a   Basu, Amit ^a   Tan, Henkie P ^a   McCauley, Jerry ^a   Wu, Christine ^a   Marcos, Amadeo ^a   Starzl, Thomas E ^a   Shapiro, Ron ^a   Molmenti, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Transplant Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; DONOR; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; XENOGRAFT;

CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL ARTERY; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33846228036     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.tp.0000239272.91407.92     Document Type: Letter

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