Clinical outcomes for Saudi and Egyptian patients receiving deceased donor liver transplantation in China

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1834-1841

  Allam, N ^a   Al Saghier, M ^c   El Sheikh, Y ^c   Al Sofayan, M ^c   Khalaf, H ^c   Al Sebayel, M ^c   Helmy, A ^c   Kamel, Y ^c   Aljedai, A ^c   Abdel Dayem, H ^b   Kenetman, N M ^d   Al Saghier, A ^e   Al Hamoudi, W ^e   Abdo, A A ^e  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Biliary complications; China; deceased donor grafts; non heart beating; outcome; transplant hepatology

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS STRICTURE; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILE LEAKAGE; CADAVER DONOR; CHINA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EGYPT; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DEATH; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HEPATITIS B; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER GRAFT REJECTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; CHINA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DEATH; EGYPT; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEDICAL TOURISM; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TISSUE DONORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954936465     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2010.03088.x     Document Type: Article

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