Renal transplant wound complications in the modern era of obesity

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-223

  Kuo, Jennifer H ^a   Wong, Michael S ^a   Perez, Richard V ^a   Li, Chin Shang ^b   Lin, Tzu Chun ^a   Troppmann, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

obesity; renal transplant; weight loss; wound complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858292490     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2011.05.030     Document Type: Article

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