Between February 26, 1981, and July 30, 1987, 36 patients underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for primary sclerosing cholangitis associated with ulcerative colitis. Three of the 36 recipients died within 3 mo because of graft nonfunction or surgical complications. The other 33 (92%) lived for
Risk of colorectal neoplasia in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis and ulcerative colitis following orthotopic liver transplantation
โ Scribed by Edward V. Loftus Jr.; Humberto I. Aguilar; William J. Sandborn; William J. Tremaine; Ruud A. Krom; Alan R. Zinsmeister; Ivo W. Graziadei; Russell H. Wiesner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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