Liver retransplantation in children: The Atlanta experience

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-425

  Heffron, Thomas G ^a,b   Pillen, Todd ^a   Smallwood, Gregory ^a,c   Henry, Stuart ^a   Sekar, Sundari ^a   Solis, David ^a   Casper, Katherine ^a   Fasola, Carlos ^a,b   Romero, Rene ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Emory Children's Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Liver transplantation; Partial liver transplant; Pediatric liver transplantation; Retransplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; BLOOD GROUP ABO INCOMPATIBILITY; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT REJECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER VEIN THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSHEPATIC CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; RETRANSPLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; SURVIVAL TIME; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; UNITED STATES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GEORGIA; GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950688493     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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