Assessing the value of ureteral stent placement in pediatric kidney transplant recipients

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 986-991

  Dharnidharka, Vikas R ^a,b   Araya, Carlos E ^a   Wadsworth, Christopher S ^a   McKinney, Michael C ^a   Howard, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Pediatric Nephrology   (United States)

Author keywords

BK virus; Kidney transplantation; Pediatric; Ureteral stent; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; CHILD; CHILD UROLOGY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COST; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TISSUE DONORS; URETER; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 42149173125     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318169bf11     Document Type: Article

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