Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 1851-1852 , July 2007

Intraperitoneal Tenckhoff Catheter for the Treatment of Recurrent Lymphoceles After Kidney Transplantation: Our Early Experience

  • G.L. Adani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery & Transplantation, Udine University School of Medicine, Udine, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Gian Luigi Adani, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery and Transplantation, Udine University School of Medicine, via Colugna 50, 3100 Udine, Italy.
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  • M. Sponza

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, AOSMM, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy.
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  • A. Risaliti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery & Transplantation, Udine University School of Medicine, Udine, Italy
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  • D. Gasparini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Interventional Radiology, AOSMM, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy.
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  • D. Montanaro

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology & Dialysis, AOSMM, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy
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  • P. Tulissi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Nephrology & Dialysis, AOSMM, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy
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  • E. Benzoni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery & Transplantation, Udine University School of Medicine, Udine, Italy
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  • D. Lorenzin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery & Transplantation, Udine University School of Medicine, Udine, Italy
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  • V. Bresadola

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery & Transplantation, Udine University School of Medicine, Udine, Italy
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  • U. Baccarani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery & Transplantation, Udine University School of Medicine, Udine, Italy
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  • D. De Anna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery & Transplantation, Udine University School of Medicine, Udine, Italy

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PII: S0041-1345(07)00585-4

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.05.007

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 1851-1852 , July 2007

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