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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 29.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 1965 Jul;58:131–155.

Table IV.

Homotransplantation with azathioprine; complications other than rejection observed in dogs dying 7 or more days after homotransplantation of the liver. (Sixty-nine of the 84 animals died at some time after the first week and the figures below are based on the autopsy findings; 15 animals are still alive)

Pneumonitis or atelectasis 46
Bone marrow depression 11
Generalized gastrointestinal hemorrhage 6
Liver abscess 3
Generalized peritonitis 3
Subdiaphragmatic abscess 3
Intra-abdominal hemorrhage 3
Perforated viscus 3
Intussusception 3
Bleeding duodenal ulcer 3
Pulmonary emboli 2
Hepatic artery occlusion 2
Wound dehiscence 1
Pyelonephritis 1
Leg gangrene 1
Thermal burn of back 1
Total 92