Effects of graft quality on non-urgent liver retransplantation survival: Should We avoid high-risk donors?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2914-2922

  Marti, Josep ^a   Fuster, Josep ^a   Navasa, Miquel ^a   Ferrer, Joana ^a   Rimola, Antoni ^a   Pelegrina, Amalia ^a   Fondevila, Constantino ^a   Garcia Valdecasas, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DONOR SELECTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STANDARD; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877119587     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1757-z     Document Type: Article

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