Early liver retransplantation versus late liver retransplantation: Analysis of a single-center experience

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 1992-1996

  Chen, Gui Hua ^a   Fu, Bin Sheng ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Cai, Chang Jie ^a   Lu, Min Qiang ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Wang, Gen Shu ^a   Yi, Shu Hong ^a   Xu, Chi ^a   Zhang, Jun Feng ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Wang, Guo Ying ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Retransplantation; Survivial rate

Indexed keywords

DACLIZUMAB; ENTECAVIR; GANCICLOVIR; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; LAMIVUDINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEATH; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VENOOCCLUSIVE DISEASE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; RETRANSPLANTATION; SEPSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58749085407     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200810020-00008     Document Type: Article

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