Liver transplantations with donors aged 60 years and above: The low liver damage strategy

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-433

  Ravaioli, Matteo ^a   Grazi, Gian Luca ^a   Cescon, Matteo ^a   Cucchetti, Alessandro ^a   Ercolani, Giorgio ^a   Fiorentino, Michelangelo ^a   Panzini, Ilaria ^b   Vivarelli, Marco ^a   Ramacciato, Giovanni ^a   Del Gaudio, Massimo ^a   Vetrone, Gaetano ^a   Zanello, Matteo ^a   Dazzi, Alessandro ^a   Zanfi, Chiara ^a   Di Gioia, Paolo ^a   Bertuzzo, Valentina ^a   Lauro, Augusto ^a   Morelli, Cristina ^a   Pinna, Antonio Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Rimini Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Donor age; Extended criteria donors; Graft survival; Ischemia time; Liver biopsy; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INJURY; LIVER ISCHEMIA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61849097231     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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