Transplant nephrectomy: What are the surgical risks?

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 174-181

  Alberts, Victor P ^a   Minnee, Robert C ^a   Bemelman, Frederike J ^a   van Donselaar van der Pant, Karlijn A M I ^a   Idu, Mirza M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Graft failure; Repeat transplantation; Surgical complications; Transplant nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BASILIXIMAB; CYCLOSPORIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERFORATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSPLANT NEPHRECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEPHRECTOMY; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877019767     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/AOT.883887     Document Type: Article

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