En bloc paediatric kidney transplant: Is this the best use of a scarce resource?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 27-32

  Lam, Vincent W T ^a,c   Laurence, Jerome M ^a,b   Robertson, Paul ^a,c   Hawthorne, Wayne ^a,b,c   Ryan, Brendan J ^a,b,c   Lau, Howard M H ^a,c   Allen, Richard D M ^a,b,c   Pleass, Henry C C ^a,b,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

En bloc; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation; Registry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER KIDNEY; CHILD; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 59149098505     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04793.x     Document Type: Article

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