Temporary silastic mesh closure for adult liver transplantation: A safe alternative for the difficult abdomen

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-265

  Jafri, Mubeen A ^a   Tevar, Amit D ^a   Lucia, Mark ^a   Thambi Pillai, Thav ^a   Karachristos, Andreas ^a   Trumbull, Leslie ^a   Buell, Joseph F ^a   Thomas, Mark J ^a   Hanaway, Michael J ^a   Woodle, E Steve ^a   Rudich, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILASTIC;

ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON FISTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; DONOR; ENTEROPATHY; EXTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HEPATIC ARTERY; HERNIA; HUMAN; INCISIONAL HERNIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847629899     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21027     Document Type: Article

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