A Risk Score and a Flowchart for Liver Retransplantation

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1956-1960

  Maggi, U ^a   Consonni, D ^a   Bertoli, P ^a   Caccamo, L ^a   Reggiani, P ^a   Melada, E ^b   Rossi, G ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 48149105623     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.057     Document Type: Article

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