Delayed primary closure of the abdominal wall after cadaveric and living related donor liver graft transplantation in children: a safe and useful technique

Successful use of size-mismatched liver

Successful use of size-mismatched liver allografts in children by delayed primary closure of the abdominal wall

✍ Mr A. S. Soin; P. J. Friend; G. Noble-Jamieson; C. J. E. Watson; N. V. Jamieson; 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 226 KB 👁 1 views

Children who are too ill to await a liver graft of suitable size may be transplanted with a relatively oversized graft by leaving the abdominal wound partially open, the defect being bridged with polypropylene mesh and the mesh reduced in stages until it can be removed and the wound directly closed.