Pancreas transplant and incidental Meckel's diverticulum: Not always a straightforward decision

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 765-768

  Light, Timothy D ^a   Light, Jimmy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Meckel's diverticulum; Operative technique; Pancreas transplant

Indexed keywords

MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENTEROSTOMY; EXCISION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PANCREAS FUNCTION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350155401     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01029.x     Document Type: Article

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