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Weimann A, Ebener C, Hausser L, Holland-Cunz S, Jauch K, Kemen M, Krähenbühl L, Kuse E, Längle F. 18 Chirurgie und Transplantation. Akt Ernähr Med 2007. [DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-951898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Jaeger K, Zenz S, Jüttner B, Ruschulte H, Kuse E, Heine J, Piepenbrock S, Ganser A, Karthaus M. Reduction of catheter-related infections in neutropenic patients: a prospective controlled randomized trial using a chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine-impregnated central venous catheter. Ann Hematol 2004; 84:258-62. [PMID: 15549302 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-004-0972-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2004] [Accepted: 10/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Antiseptic coating of intravascular catheters may be an effective means of decreasing catheter-related colonization and subsequent infection. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine (CH-SS)-impregnated central venous catheters (CVCs) to prevent catheter-related colonization and infection in patients with hematological malignancies who were subjected to intensive chemotherapy and suffered from severe and sustained neutropenia. Proven CVC-related bloodstream infection (BSI) was defined as the isolation of the same species from peripheral blood culture and CVC tip (Maki technique). This randomized, prospective clinical trial was carried out in 106 patients and compared catheter-related colonization and BSI using a CH-SS-impregnated CVC (n=51) to a control arm using a standard uncoated triple-lumen CVC (n=55). Patients were treated for acute leukemia (n=89), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (n=10), and multiple myeloma (n=7). Study groups were balanced regarding to age, sex, underlying diseases, insertion site, and duration of neutropenia. The CVCs were in situ a mean of 14.3+/-8.2 days (mean+/-SD) in the study group versus 16.6+/-9.7 days in the control arm. Catheter-related colonization was observed less frequently in the study group (five vs nine patients; p=0.035). CVC-related BSI were significantly less frequent in the study group (one vs eight patients; p=0.02). In summary, in patients with severe neutropenia, CH-SS-impregnated CVCs yield a significant antibacterial effect resulting in a significantly lower rate of catheter-related colonization as well as CVC-related BSI.
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- K Jaeger
- Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Lück R, Böger J, Becker T, Neipp M, Schrem H, Kuse E, Klempnauer J, Nashan B. REDUCTION OF ACUTE REJECTION AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION BY A NOVEL CICLOSPORINE-BASED PROTOCOL. Transplantation 2004. [DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200407271-01890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Marx G, Vangerow B, Burczyk C, Gratz KF, Maassen N, Cobas Meyer M, Leuwer M, Kuse E, Rueckholdt H. Evaluation of noninvasive determinants for capillary leakage syndrome in septic shock patients. Intensive Care Med 2000; 26:1252-8. [PMID: 11089750 DOI: 10.1007/s001340000601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Capillary leakage syndrome (CLS) is a frequent complication in sepsis, characterized by loss of intravasal fluids leading to generalized edema and hemodynamic instability despite massive fluid therapy. In spite of its importance no standardized diagnostic criteria are available for CLS. DESIGN Prospective clinical study. SETTING 1,800-bed university hospital PATIENTS Six septic shock patients with CLS were compared to six control patients. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS CLS was clinically determined by generalized edema, positive fluid balance, and weight gain. Plasma volume was measured by indocyanine green, red blood cell volume by chromium-51 labeled erythrocytes, and colloid osmotic pressure before and 90 min after the administration of 300 ml 20% albumin. Extracellular water (ECW) was measured using the inulin distribution volume and bioelectrical impedance analysis. Red blood cells averaged 20.2 +/- 1.0 ml/ kg body weight in CLS patients and 23.3 +/- 4.1 in controls. ECW was higher in CLS patients than in controls (40.0 +/- 6.9 vs. 21.7 +/- 3.71; p< 0.05). ECW of inulin was correlated with that measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis (r = 0.74, p< 0.01). The increase in colloid osmotic pressure over the 90 min was less in CLS patients than in controls (1.1 +/- 0.3 vs. 2.8 +/- 1.3 mmHg;p< 0.05). CONCLUSION These results suggest that measurements of an increased ECW using bioelectrical impedance analysis combined with a different response of colloid osmotic pressure to administration of albumin can discriminate noninvasively between patients with and those without CLS.
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- G Marx
- Department of Anesthesiology, Hanover Medical School, Germany.
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Jaeger K, Scheinichen D, Heine J, Ruschulte H, Kuse E, Winkler M, Leuwer M. GM-CSF increases in vitro the respiratory burst of human neutrophils after liver transplantation. Intensive Care Med 1999; 25:612-5. [PMID: 10416914 DOI: 10.1007/s001340050911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Superoxide production by polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) under cyclosporin A (CsA) therapy following kidney transplantation is impaired. We investigated if the respiratory burst of PMNs is similarly depressed in patients undergoing CsA treatment following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx). Additionally, the in vitro influence of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) on the superoxide anion production was examined during the respiratory burst. PATIENTS 10 patients after OLTx and 10 healthy blood donors (control group). MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS PMNs were stimulated with bacteria (Escherichia coli) or a combination of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) and N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). The respiratory burst was measured by oxidation of non-fluorescent dihydrorhodamine to the fluorescent rhodamine by means of flow cytometry. No differences in respiratory bursts from OLTx patients compared to those from healthy blood donors could be seen. Under TNFalpha/FMLP stimulation, the respiratory burst was significantly increased after in vitro incubation with GM-CSF (500 U ml(-1)) in patients following OLTx (from 58.2 to 74.5 %) as well as in the control group (from 47.4 to 61.9%). CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that superoxide production is not impaired under CsA treatment following OLTx. The respiratory burst of these patients' PMNs can even be augmented by GM-CSF in vitro.
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- K Jaeger
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Zentrum Anästhesiologie, Germany.
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Liebau P, Kuse E, Winkler M, Schlitt HJ, Oldhafer K, Verhagen W, Flik J, Pichlmayr R. Management of herpes simplex virus type 1 pneumonia following liver transplantation. Infection 1996; 24:130-5. [PMID: 8740105 DOI: 10.1007/bf01713317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Interstitial pneumonia caused by Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a severe complication of orthotopic liver transplantation (LTX). The records of patients were reviewed who had an LTX at the age of 16 years or older between 1991 and 1994 with a mean follow-up of 21 months (range, 10 to 44 months). Six patients were included who had fever of > 38 degrees C, deterioration of arterial blood gases, radiological evidence of interstitial pneumonia and proof of HSV-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. All patients were anti-HSV-IgG positive before LTX. All patients were successfully treated with intravenous acyclovir, mechanical ventilation and reduced immunosuppression. Three patients who received cyclosporin A had a rejection which was successfully treated by switching to FK 506. Four patients were discharged in good health. One patient died 36 months after LTX of an unrelated cause. One patient died of urosepsis on postoperative day 139. Acyclovir together with mechanical ventilation and reduced immunosuppression proved to be an effective treatment for HSV-1 pneumonia following LTX.
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- P Liebau
- Abt. Anästhesiologie IV, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
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Nashan B, Schlitt HJ, Schwinzer R, Ringe B, Kuse E, Tusch G, Wonigeit K, Pichlmayr R. Immunoprophylaxis with a monoclonal anti-IL-2 receptor antibody in liver transplant patients. Transplantation 1996; 61:546-54. [PMID: 8610379 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199602270-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The immunosuppressive effect of a monoclonal antibody (moAb), BT563, directed to the alpha-chain of the IL-2R (CD25), was analyzed in a prospective nonrandomized trial and a prospective randomized trial. Primary objectives were evaluation of the incidence of acute rejections and infections; secondary objectives were safety and tolerability of the moAb. A total of 28 patients were enrolled (phase II) to receive 10 mg/day of BT563 (12 days) as immunoprophylaxis in combination with cyclosporine, azathioprine, and low-dose steroids. Subsequently 32 patients were randomly assigned (phase III) to receive BT563 (10 mg/day) for 12 days or ATG (5 mg/kg/day) for 7 days in addition to cyclosporine and low-dose steroids. No side effects of the BT563 treatment were noted. The actuarial survival was 82% at 12 months in the phase II trial and 92% at 12 months in both arms of the phase III trial. There was one acute rejection in the phase II trial. No acute rejections were noted in the BT arm of the phase III trial and 5 acute rejections were treated in the ATG arm. In the phase II trial 7 infectious episodes were observed, while one infection was seen in the BT arm and 7 in the ATG arm of the triple immunosuppression phase III trial. In all patients circulation of coated CD25+ lymphocytes was observed during BT563 treatment; there was no evidence of depletion or modulation of CD25+ cells. Mean serum levels of BT563 ranged from 1.6 to 7.6 microgram/ml throughout the therapy. An antimurine response was seen in 82% (phase II) and 100% (phase III) of the patients. Antirabbit antibodies were found in 56% of the patients treated with ATG. Analysis of the antimurine response specificity revealed in 56% blocking anti-isotypic antibodies and only in 3% of the patients an anti-idiotypic response. The data of the study presented suggest that therapy with an anti IL-2R moAb is at least equal to ATG application according to the incidence of acute rejections and infections.
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- B Nashan
- Klinik fur Abdominal und Transplantationschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
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Schlitt HJ, Tischler HJ, Ringe B, Raddatz G, Maschek H, Dietrich H, Kuse E, Pichlmayr R, Link H. Allogeneic liver transplantation for hepatic veno-occlusive disease after bone marrow transplantation--clinical and immunological considerations. Bone Marrow Transplant 1995; 16:473-8. [PMID: 8535323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a frequent complication early after bone marrow transplantation. In cases of severe liver failure treatment by allogeneic liver transplantation is possible. We report the clinical and immunological course of a patient after bone marrow transplantation for AML and subsequent allogeneic liver transplantation for severe hepatic VOD. After liver transplantation the patient recovered well clinically. Early after liver transplantation he had large numbers of liver donor T and NK lymphocytes in his circulation. He had no liver graft rejection, but he developed mild acute GVHD which was caused by liver graft-derived T lymphocytes. Two years after transplantation he had persistent microchimerism with donor liver cells detectable in his bone marrow. Now 36 months after transplantation, the patient has no evidence of recurrent leukemia, stable liver function, and no signs of graft-versus-host disease or bone marrow dysfunction.
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- H J Schlitt
- Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
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OBJECTIVE This article describes the experience with a bridging procedure for a prolonged anhepatic period during clinical liver transplantation in case of special emergency situations. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Hepatic necrosis due to fulminant hepatitis or acute graft failure, as well as severe liver trauma are well-known and accepted indications for urgent liver transplantation. Prerequisite is the allocation of a suitable donor organ. If no allograft is available in time, patients with "toxic liver syndrome" or exsanguinating hemorrhage have been shown to benefit from advanced total hepatectomy. METHODS As a modification of the standard one-stage procedure, recipient hepatectomy and subsequent liver transplantation are performed in two separate operations. To bridge the prolonged anhepatic period and to allow decompression and return of venous blood, an end-to-side portocaval shunt is constructed temporarily. RESULTS Thirteen of thirty-two patients underwent hepatectomy but not transplantation subsequently, and died within 34 hours after progressive deterioration. In 19 of 32 patients, transplantation was realized 6-41 hours after hepatectomy; 9 of 19 patients died, mostly from sepsis. Ten of nineteen liver recipients survived the procedure including three unrelated late deaths; presently, seven patients are alive with a follow-up of 3 to 46 months. CONCLUSIONS Two-stage total hepatectomy with temporary portocaval shunt, and subsequent liver transplantation can be a life-saving approach in patients most likely to die of the sequelae of advanced liver or graft necrosis or exsanguination that cannot be controlled by conventional treatment or immediate liver transplantation.
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- B Ringe
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Zentrum Chirurgie, Germany
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Ringe B, Lübbe N, Kuse E, Frei U, Pichlmayr R. Management of emergencies before and after liver transplantation by early total hepatectomy. Transplant Proc 1993; 25:1090. [PMID: 8442052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- B Ringe
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Germany
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Schlitt HJ, Ringe B, Rodeck B, Burdelski M, Kuse E, Pichlmayr R. Bone marrow dysfunction after liver transplantation for fulminant non-A, non-B hepatitis. High risk for young patients. Transplantation 1992; 54:936-7. [PMID: 1440863 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199211000-00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- H J Schlitt
- Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
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Ringdén O, Meunier F, Tollemar J, Ricci P, Tura S, Kuse E, Viviani MA, Gorin NC, Klastersky J, Fenaux P. Efficacy of amphotericin B encapsulated in liposomes (AmBisome) in the treatment of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised patients. J Antimicrob Chemother 1991; 28 Suppl B:73-82. [PMID: 1778894 DOI: 10.1093/jac/28.suppl_b.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 202] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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One hundred and twenty-six patients were treated for 137 episodes of fungal infection with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) at 43 investigational centres. Among the patients were 72 with malignancies, 17 organ transplant recipients, 20 patients with immunological disorders and 17 others. AmBisome treatment was instituted after toxicity from previous amphotericin B treatment in 49 cases, nephrotoxicity or renal insufficiency in 40 and failure of previous antifungal treatment in 41. One hundred and eight episodes were clinically evaluable; among these 52 were caused by Candida spp. and 34 by Aspergillus spp. Ninety-nine patients were treated for at least eight days with a maximum dose of 0.7-5 mg/kg/day. Among 64 cases with proven invasive fungal infection 58% were cured. Fungi were eradicated in 35 of 54 (65%) mycologically evaluable cases. The cumulative dose was 3.2 +/- 3.2 (mean +/- S.D.) in cases where fungi were eradicated in comparison with 3.3 +/- 2.3 g in cases where fungi persisted. The eradication rate was 83% for Candida spp. compared with 41% for Aspergillus spp. (P less than 0.01). Among 24 cases with presumptive invasive fungal infections 14 (58%) were cured. Candida spp. were eradicated in seven of ten of these cases. Among 11 cases with superficial fungal infections eight were cured and three improved. Candida spp. were eradicated in four of five patients. It is concluded that AmBisome is an effective antifungal agent in a majority of patients with invasive or superficial fungal infections.
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- O Ringdén
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden
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Ringe B, Pichlmayr R, Ziegler H, Grosse H, Kuse E, Oldhafer K, Bornscheuer A, Gubernatis G. Management of severe hepatic trauma by two-stage total hepatectomy and subsequent liver transplantation. Surgery 1991; 109:792-5. [PMID: 2042099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Even today major hepatic trauma remains a formidable surgical challenge with considerable deaths from exsanguination. Apart from conservative operative techniques that allow successful management in most cases, liver transplantation may be indicated in a more severe injury. This is a report on a patient with massive, unsalvageable liver trauma on whom the first two-staged procedure was successfully performed. After total hepatectomy as the first step and a prolonged anhepatic period of more than 14 hours, liver replacement by an allograft was carried out in a second operation. The patient recovered completely from the potentially lethal hepatic trauma and is alive more than 17 months later.
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- B Ringe
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Federal Republic of Germany
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The pharmacokinetics of cefotaxime including formation of its active metabolite desacetyl-cefotaxime were assessed after liver transplantation in three groups of patients (four patients per group): --during the postoperative recovery phase (group 1), --during an episode of allograft nonfunction (group 2), --during an episode of allograft rejection (group 3). All patients received a single dose of 1 g cefotaxime intravenously. Concentrations of cefotaxime and its metabolite were determined in plasma and urine until 6 to 72 h after medication. The terminal half-life of cefotaxime increased and total clearance decreased due to an impairment of drug metabolism, mainly in patients with a nonfunctioning allograft and during rejection. Thus, no desacetyl-cefotaxime was detectable in urine of any patient and none in plasma of 2/4 patients with a nonfunctioning allograft. In addition, a moderate impairment of renal function in several patients contributed to the delayed elimination of cefotaxime and its metabolite. It can be concluded that liver function after transplantation is correlated with the ability to eliminate cefotaxime. Therefore, administration of half the normal dose is recommended particularly in patients with a nonfunctioning allograft or during rejection.
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- E Kuse
- Abteilung für Anästhesie IV, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
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Ringe B, Pichlmayr R, Lübbe N, Bornscheuer A, Kuse E. Total hepatectomy as temporary approach to acute hepatic or primary graft failure. Transplant Proc 1988; 20:552-7. [PMID: 3279648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- B Ringe
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Hannover, FRG
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