Vascular catastrophes following pancreas transplantation: An evolution in strategy at a single center

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 164-172

  Fridell, Jonathan A ^a   Johnson, Matthew S ^a   Goggins, William C ^a   Beduschi, Thiago ^a   Mujtaba, Muhammad A ^a   Goble, Michelle L ^a   Powelson, John A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Arterioenteric fistula; Gastrointestinal bleeding; Pancreas transplantation; Pseudoaneurysm; Simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation; Stent; Vascular complications

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTERY INTESTINE FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; MALE; PANCREAS RESECTION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856657777     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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