DOES PREVIOUS ABDOMINAL SURGERY ALTER THE OUTCOME OF PEDIATRIC PATIENTS SUBJECTED TO ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION?
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Does previous abdominal surgery alter the outcome of pediatric patients subjected to orthotopic liver transplantation?
The medical, anesthesia, and surgical records of 89 consecutive pediatric patients who underwent an orthotopic hepatic transplantation procedure at the University of Pittsburgh from February 1981 to May 1984 were reviewed to evaluate the effect of prior abdominal surgery upon the morbidity and mortality of orthotopic liver transplantation in children. Fifty-seven children (group 1) had had prio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0277-2116
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-198805000-00034