Liver transplantation: A small-volume unit experience

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 128-133

  Nieuwenhuijs, Vincent B ^a   Chen, John W ^a   John, Libby ^a   Ring, John ^a   Harley, Hugh ^a   Dolan, Paul M ^a   Padbury, Robert T A ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital volume; Liver transplantation; Outcome

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYDROCORTISONE; OKT 3; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PORTAL VEIN; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849127493     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04387.x     Document Type: Article

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