Complications associated with liver transplantation in the obese recipient

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 910-918

  Lamattina, John C ^a   Foley, David P ^b   Fernandez, Luis A ^b   Pirsch, John D ^b   Musat, Alexandru I ^b   D'Alessandro, Anthony M ^b   Mezrich, Joshua D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Liver; Non alcoholic steatohepatitis; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMONIA; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 84870661548     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2012.01669.x     Document Type: Article

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