Living-donor liver transplantation in the United States: Identifying donors at risk for perioperative complications

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2344-2349

  Patel, S ^a   Orloff, M ^a   Tsoulfas, G ^a   Kashyap, R ^a   Jain, A ^a   Bozorgzadeh, A ^a   Abt, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Living donor liver transplantation; Outcomes; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEPATECTOMY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548319216     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2007.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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