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Successful resumption of peritoneal dialysis following living donor liver transplantation in children with end-stage renal disease.
Pediatric transplantation - 1 May 2017
Kanazawa Hiroyuki, Fukuda Akinari, Sato Mai, Ishimori Shingo, Sasaki Kengo, Uchida Hajime, Shigeta Takanobu, Mali Vidyadhar Padmakar, Sakamoto Seisuke, Ishikura Kenji, Kasahara Mureo
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Children with ESRD in need of RRT are commonly managed by PD due to difficulty with vascular access for HD and the relatively large extracorporeal blood volume required. Major abdominal surgery may result in injury to the peritoneum and consequent adhesion, thereby resulting in a reduction in the anatomical capacity and transport capability across the peritoneal membrane. Here, we report successful resumption of...
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