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Laparoscopic versus open hemihepatectomy—a cost analysis after propensity score matching
Cost efficiency is important for hospitals in order to provide high-quality health care for all patients. As hemihepatectomies are increasingly being performed laparoscopically, the aims of this study were to ...
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Influence of different positioning of a local pain catheter on postoperative pain after paramedian laparotomy—a blinded, randomized trial
Continuous application of local anaesthetics reduces postoperative pain after different approaches for laparotomy. In this randomized, blinded trial, we investigated the effect of continuous application of loc...
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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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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...