Transplant center volume and outcomes after liver retransplantation

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-317

  Reese, P P ^a   Yeh, H ^b   Thomasson, A M ^a   Shults, J ^a   Markmann, J F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Center volume; Health services research; Liver retransplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRANSPLANTATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849127763     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02488.x     Document Type: Article

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