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Review
. 2005 Nov;54(11):1650-7.
doi: 10.1136/gut.2004.062612.

The current status of small bowel transplantation in the UK and internationally

S J Middleton  1 , N V Jamieson
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Review

The current status of small bowel transplantation in the UK and internationally

S J Middleton et al. Gut. 2005 Nov.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Survival of patients transplanted in different eras (from the International Registry32).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Number of intestinal transplantations reported to the International Registry per year (from the Transplant Registry32).*Data were acquired half way through 2003.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Illustration of multivisceral transplantation. (A) Following preparation of the recipient for grafting. Clamps are shown on the inferior vena cava and oesophagus. All abnormal organs apart from the bladder have been excised. (B) Following grafting of the stomach, liver, pancreas, kidney, and small intestine. A stent was placed in the re-anastomosed ureter. A segment of iliac vein on the right has been replaced. Original water colours by Sir Roy Calne, with kind permission. This illustration originally appeared in Chan and colleagues.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Graft survival related to induction therapy (from the International Registry32). DAC, daclizumab; ALP, lymphocyte depleting antibodies; FK506, tacrolimus.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Graft survival related to maintenance therapy (from the International Registry32).
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