Donation After Circulatory Death Liver Procurement: Time to Consider More Options?
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Donor Age in Liver Transplantation: Donation after Circulatory Death.
protocol and continues at this stage. Finally, weeks 7 to 8 constitute complete mobilization of the upper extremity, with the goal of reaching full tension without pain or a feeling of stretching. Remaining limitations in soft tissue and joint mobility should be addressed. Therapeutic exercises include continued prolonged holds of postural muscles and plank exercises maintaining scapular neutra...
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عنوان ژورنال: Liver Transplantation
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1527-6465,1527-6473
DOI: 10.1002/lt.25436