A novel objective method for deceased donor and recipient size matching in liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1471-1477

  Croome, Kristopher P ^a   Lee, David D ^a   Saucedo Crespo, Hector ^a   Burns, Justin M ^a   Nguyen, Justin H ^a   Perry, Dana K ^a   Taner, C Burcin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY ALLOGRAFT DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER RESECTION; LIVER SIZE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT SIZE MATCHING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDIZED TOTAL LIVER VOLUME; STEATOSIS;

EID: 84977626096     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.24333     Document Type: Article

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