Size-reduced lung transplantation in children - An option worth to consider

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 529-533

  Benden, Christian ^a   Inci, Ilhan ^a   Weder, Walter ^a   Boehler, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Cystic fibrosis; Lung transplantation; Pediatric; Reduced size lungs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSIZED LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN SIZE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL TIME; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; DONOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DONORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 77952255609     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01267.x     Document Type: Article

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