Redefining late acute graft pancreatitis: Clinical presentation, radiologic findings, principles of management, and prognosis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1058-1063

  Small, Risa M ^a   Shetzigovski, Ilanit ^a   Blachar, Arye ^a   Sosna, Jacob ^b   Klausner, Joseph M ^a   Nakache, Richard ^a   Ben Haim, Menahem ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HYPERAMYLASEMIA; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44449151676     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31816bcd8c     Document Type: Article

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