Christopher R Shackleton M.D.
Transplant Surgeon
3290 MAPLE STREET VANCOUVER BC, V6J3VAbout
Dr. Christopher Shackleton is a transplant surgeon practicing in VANCOUVER, BC. Dr. Shackleton specializes in organ transplants, and may perform surgeries involved with the transplant of organs such as the kidneys, liver, pancreas, intestines, heart, lungs, tracheal tissue and more. As a transplant surgeon, Dr. Shackleton performs long, complex surgeries that might take many hours to complete. Transplant surgeons remove the organ from the donor as well as transplant the organ in the recipient. Dr. Shackleton works with transplant physicians, nurses and surgical residents, and is responsible for and complications which may arise during or after surgery.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The influence of long-term morbidity on health status and rehabilitation following paediatric organ transplantation.
- Indocyanine green clearance as a predictor of successful hepatic resection in cirrhotic patients.
- Choledochocholecystojejunostomy: a quick, effective method of biliary decompression for carcinoma of the pancreas.
- Diaphragmatic resection in association with right hepatectomy.
- Evaluation of the accuracy and ease of use of a rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test performed by untrained operators at the point of care.
- Sensitivity of a rapid point of care assay for early HIV antibody detection is enhanced by its ability to detect HIV gp41 IgM antibodies.
- The effect of perioperative management on initial renal allograft function: an analysis of matched donor pairs.
- Internal standardization for the monitoring of extraction efficiencies during the isolation and purification of liver mRNA.
- Indocyanine green interference in the Kodak Ektachem determination of total bilirubin.
- Crush syndrome complicating pneumatic antishock garment (PASG) use.
- Human amnion as a bioprosthesis for bile duct reconstruction in the pig.
- Preoperative predictors of mortality risk in ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Aprotinin reduces the need for blood products during liver transplantation.
- Whole-organ versus islet pancreatic transplantation.
- Adjuvant chemotherapy improves survival after liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma.
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