Surgical morbidity in severely obese liver transplant recipients - A single canadian centre experience

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-40

  Schaeffer, David F ^a   Yoshida, Eric M ^a   Buczkowski, Andrezj K ^a   Chung, Stephen W ^a   Steinbrecher, Urs P ^a   Erb, Siegfried E ^a   Scudamore, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Obesity; Orthotopic liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RECIPIENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 62549133615     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31809-5     Document Type: Article

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