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J. Pratschke
General Surgery
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Swedish adjustable gastric banding – an underestimated risk factor for the development of esophageal cancer?
BACKGROUND: Patients with obesity are at higher risk for gastroesophageal reflux disease and also for adenocarcinoma of the distal esophagus. METHODS: Case report. RESULTS: We report on a 58-year-old male pati...
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The costs of postoperative liver failure and the economic impact of liver function capacity after extended liver resection—a single-center experience
Postoperative liver failure (PLF) is a relatively frequent and life-threatening complication after extended liver resection. This study describes the economic burden of PLF from the hospitals' perspective and ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Donor treatment with Simvastatin reduces graft immunogenicity following prolonged cold ischemia and ameliorates long-term survival
Introduction: Cold ischemia is associated with delayed graft function and influences significantly long-term graft survival after transplantation. Recently we have demonstrated the protective eff...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Impairment of insulin production is induced by a toxic tacrolimus dosage
Introduction: New Onset Diabetes Mellitus is a well known and frequent complication after solid organ transplantation. Due to the complex clinical situation after transplantation it is difficult ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Age-dependent immune response after organ transplantation
Recipients older than 65 years represent the fastest growing patient group on the waiting list for organ transplantation. However, little is known about the consequences of the aging immune response on transpl...
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Ausweitung des Spenderpools unter Verwendung marginaler Organe
In der Lebertransplantation spielt angesichts der großen Knappheit an Spenderorganen die Verwendung marginaler Organe eine wichtige Rolle. Der Begriff „marginale Spender“ (im angloamerikanischen Sprachraum „ex...
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Adult living donor liver transplantation: living donation of the right liver lobe
Adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has become a routine treatment option for patients waiting for liver transplantation. In European and North American countries, LDLT for adult recipients is main...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Die Bedeutung spenderspezifischer transplantatinfiltrierender Zellen für die Immunogenität von Transplantaten älterer Spender
Previously, we described an enhanced early immune response associated with advanced chronic allograft nephropathy after the engraftment of elderly donor organs. In this study we investigated detailed the early...
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Lymphoepitheliales Carcinom des extrahepatischen Gallengangs
A 36-year-old female patient was transferred to our unit for surgical treatment of a biliary tract obstruction. ERC disclosed an obliteration of the common hepatic duct involving the hepatic bifurcation. Prim...
