Transplantation after blunt trauma to the liver: A valuable option or just a "waste of organs"?

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 169-173

  Heuer, Matthias ^a   Kaiser, G M ^a   Lendemans, S ^a   Vernadakis, S ^a   Treckmann, J W ^a   Paul, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

"Waste of organs"; Abdominal trauma; Liver injury; Liver transplantation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHOLESTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER GRAFT; LIVER HEMATOMA; LIVER HEMORRHAGE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ORGAN DONOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REOPERATION; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; ABDOMINAL BLEEDING; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GCS SCORE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVING DONOR; MELD SCORE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 77952082665     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-783x-15-4-169     Document Type: Article

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