Variation in biliary complication rates following liver transplantation: Implications for cost and outcome

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 170-179

  Axelrod, D A ^a   Dzebisashvili, N ^a   Lentine, K L ^b,c   Xiao, H ^b,c   Schnitzler, M ^b,c   Tuttle Newhall, J E ^c   Segev, D L ^d  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT ATRESIA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRAIN DEATH; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER CANCER; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MORTALITY; ORGAN DONOR; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHOLANGITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVING DONOR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DEATH; CHOLANGITIS; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919652853     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.12970     Document Type: Article

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