Pancreas surgical complications

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-89

  Goodman, Jeremy ^a   Becker, Yolanda Tai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Pancreas transplant; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ECONOMICS; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; TIME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 67649202198     PISSN: 10872418     EISSN: 15317013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOT.0b013e328320a8ec     Document Type: Review

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