Peroral cholangioscopy-guided stricture therapy in living donor liver transplantation

Living donor liver transplantation.

Living donor liver transplantation.

Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is probably the most high-profile of all surgical enterprises. At the same time, it is an amazing act of altruism. It requires hard work of dedicated multidisciplinary medical teams coupled with the courage of the patients and their families. The concept of LDLT is based on the following two factors: (1) the remarkable regenerative capacity of the liver...

Paediatric living donor liver transplantation.

Paediatric liver transplantation is a highly effective therapy for children with end-stage liver disease; 1-year survival rates currently exceed 90% and long-term survivors enjoy an almost-normal quality of life. Key to the success of paediatric liver transplantation has been the technical refinement to provide children with suitably sized grafts. Adult-to-paediatric living donor liver transpla...

Role of protocol ultrasonography for detecting biliary stricture in adult living donor liver transplantation recipients.

The role of protocol ultrasonography (US) in detecting biliary stricture (BS) after adult living donor liver transplantation (ALDLT) remains to be clarified. We reviewed 268 ALDLT cases with BS to assess the role of protocol US. The sensitivity and specificity of serum values of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (G-GTP) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) as indicators of BS were evaluated and compared ...