Symptomatic lymphoceles after kidney transplantation - multivariate analysis of risk factors and outcome after laparoscopic fenestration

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-280

  Ulrich, Frank ^a   Niedzwiecki, Sebastian ^a,b   Fikatas, Panos ^a   Nebrig, Maxim ^a   Schmidt, Sven C ^a   Kohler, Sven ^a   Weiss, Sascha ^a   Schumacher, Guido ^a   Pascher, Andreas ^a   Reinke, Petra ^a   Tullius, Stefan G ^c   Pratschke, Johann ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplantation; Lymphocele; Minimally invasive surgery; Risk factors; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CREATININE; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CREATININE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LYMPHOCELE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 77952915645     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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