We read with great interest the recent article by Jafri et al. 1 on temporary silastic mesh closure for adult liver transplantation, but would comment on some of the aspects of the study to help put the authors' large experience in perspective. A total of 51 (25.5%) out of 200 liver transplantations
Reply: Temporary abdominal coverage for adult liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Mubeen A. Jafri; E. Steve Woodle; Steven M. Rudich
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 44 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.21209
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