Hem-o-lok clip dislodgment causing death of the donor after laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy

Transplantation

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 887-

  Dekel, Yoram ^a   Mor, Eytan ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LETTER; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; EQUIPMENT; FATALITY; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONOR; MORTALITY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVING DONORS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 56049122186     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31818620b1     Document Type: Letter

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