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Bridges to transplantation.

The definitive treatment of patients with acute liver failure is liver transplantation. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network status 1 patients receive priority, but the median waiting time in 2002 was 11 days. Patients who are small or have an unusual blood type are expected to wait even longer. Because cerebral edema and death may occur before a liver is available, numerous methods of...

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We thank Dr Schachner for his interest and comments on our recent experimental findings [1]. The first facet of our study was that although initially (at 1 month), neointima formation in vein grafts was inhibited by perivenous application of fibrin glue at the time of implantation, at 4 months neointimal formation was not significantly different from controls [1]. Dr Schachner has implied that ...

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We appreciate the comments of Drs von Oppell and Rammohan on our article. The definition in our paper relates specifically to deep sternal wound infections and we appreciate that perhaps this is not made abundantly clear in the methodology. Superficial wound infections were defined as those that do not penetrate the subcutaneous tissue layer. The wound may exhibit erythema and a small amount of...