1. Outcome after pediatric liver transplantation for staged abdominal wall closure with use of biological mesh—Study with long‐term follow‐up
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Maximilian Jara, Robert Öllinger, Paul Viktor Ritschl, Stephan Henning, Alexander Gratopp, Johann Pratschke, Wenzel Schöning, Philip Bufler, Anika Kästner, Friederike Martin, Brigitta Globke, Christian Witzel, Moritz Schmelzle, Tomasz Dziodzio, and Safak Gül-Klein
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biological mesh ,Long term follow up ,medicine.medical_treatment ,030232 urology & nephrology ,abdominal wall closure ,030230 surgery ,Liver transplantation ,Postoperative management ,Abdominal wall ,03 medical and health sciences ,Abdominal wall closure ,0302 clinical medicine ,Outcome Assessment, Health Care ,medicine ,Humans ,Incisional Hernia ,Surgical Wound Infection ,Acellular Dermis ,Hernia ,Retrospective Studies ,Transplantation ,Dermal collagen ,business.industry ,Abdominal Wall ,Graft Survival ,Infant, Newborn ,pediatric liver transplantation in infants ,Infant ,Abdominal Wound Closure Techniques ,Surgical Mesh ,medicine.disease ,porcine dermal collagen acellular graft ,Liver Transplantation ,Surgery ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Feasibility Studies ,Female ,Graft survival ,Collagen ,business ,600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
Abdominal wall closure after pediatric liver transplantation (pLT) in infants may be hampered by graft-to-recipient size discrepancy. Herein, we describe the use of a porcine dermal collagen acellular graft (PDCG) as a biological mesh (BM) for abdominal wall closure in pLT recipients. Patients
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- 2020