Liver retransplantation of more than two grafts for recurrent failure

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 884-890

  Akpinar, Edip ^a   Selvaggi, Gennaro ^a   Levi, David ^a   Moon, Jang ^a   Nishida, Seigo ^a   Island, Eddie ^a   Defaria, Werviston ^a   Pretto, Ernesto ^a   Ruiz, Philip ^b   Tzakis, Andreas G ^a  

^a Florida   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Hepatitis c; Liver retransplantation; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RAPAMYCIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; CHILD; GALLBLADDER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249136264     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181b6f20e     Document Type: Article

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