Use of the abdominal rectus fascia as a nonvascularized allograft for abdominal wall closure after liver, intestinal, and multivisceral transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1884-1888

  Gondolesi, Gabriel ^a,e   Selvaggi, Gennaro ^b   Tzakis, Andreas ^b   Rodríguez Laiz, Gonzalo ^c   González Campaña, Ariel ^a   Fauda, Martín ^a   Angelis, Michael ^d   Levi, David ^b   Nishida, Seigo ^b   Iyer, Kishore ^c   Sauter, Bernhard ^c   Podesta, Luis ^a   Kato, Tomoaki ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abdominal wall; Allograft; Intestine; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RECTUS FASCIA; ABDOMINAL WALL CLOSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL DEFECT; ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ABDOMINAL WALL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ABDOMINAL WALL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VISCERA;

EID: 67649574141     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181a7697a     Document Type: Article

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