Improving the function of liver grafts e
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Katrien Vekemans; Diethard Monbaliu; Erika Balligand; Veerle Heedfeld; Ina Jochm
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Article
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2012
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Livers exposed to warm ischemia (WI) before transplantation are at risk for primary nonfunction (PNF), graft dysfunction, and ischemic biliary strictures, all associated with ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI). Our multifactorial approach, Leuven drug protocol (LDP), has been shown to reduce these ef