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Cadaveric small bowel and small bowel-liver transplantation in humans.
Transplantation - 1 Feb 1992
Todo S, Tzakis A G, Abu-Elmagd K, Reyes J, Fung J J, Casavilla A, Nakamura K, Yagihashi A, Jain A, Murase N
Abstract excerpt
Five patients had complete cadaveric small bowel transplants under FK506 immunosuppression, one as an isolated graft and the other 4 in continuity with a liver. Three were children and two were adults. The five patients are living 2-13 months posttransplantation with complete alimentation by the intestine. The typical postoperative course was stormy, with sluggish resumption of gastrointestinal function. The...
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