Population-based evidence of the relative risk of cancer among heart, kidney, and liver transplant recipients from Asia is lacking. The Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database was used to conduct a population-based cohort study of transplant recipients (n = 5396), comprising 801 heart, 2847 kidney, and 1748 liver transplant recipients between 2001 and 2012. Standardized incidence rat...

We sought to characterize sex-based differences in access to deceased donor liver transplantation. Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients data were used to analyze n = 78 998 adult candidates listed before (8/1997-2/2002) or after (2/2002-2/2007) implementation of Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD)-based liver allocation. The primary outcome was deceased donor liver transplantation....

OBJECTIVES Extension of invasive aspergillosis to the central nervous system is associated with high mortality, in part because of poor central nervous system penetration of antifungal drugs. Voriconazole yields fungicidal drug concentrations within the central nervous system, but use of this drug is limited in liver transplant recipients because of hepatotoxicity and drug interactions. MATER...

Argininosuccinic aciduria is a urea cycle disorder caused by an argininosuccinate lyase enzyme deficiency that ends with nitrogen accumulation as ammonia. Argininosuccinic aciduria patients are at risk for long-term complications including poor neurocognitive outcome, hepatic disease, and systemic hypertension despite strict pharmacologic and dietary therapy. As the liver is the principle site ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is relatively common among patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on dialysis and kidney transplant recipients. HCV infection in hemodialysis patients is associated with an increased mortality due to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The severity of hepatitis C-related liver disease in kidney transplant candidates may predict patient and graf...

Aim: We report our experience of liver transplantation (LT) for Epitheloid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) which is an uncommon vascular tumour with intermediate malignant potential. Single centre remains limited. Methods: Retrospective review 13 LT patients between 1989 to 2019. Results: (male 6, female 7) (paediatric 5, adult 8) underwent LT. Median age at presentation was 28 years. duration from ...

BACKGROUND Liver transplantation is a life-saving intervention for many patients with end-stage liver disease. In the past, evaluation of successful liver transplantation was based on patients' survival rate. However, in recent years this evaluation has been based on patients' quality of life. Various instruments have been developed to evaluate patients' quality of life. Nonetheless, scholars s...

BACKGROUND Liver or kidney transplant recipients are at a higher risk of developing tuberculosis (TB) than general population. We aimed to clarify the incidence density of and risk factors for TB in liver or kidney transplant recipients in the present study. METHODS All patients with TB following liver or kidney transplantation were investigated retrospectively at the Third Xiangya Hospital, ...

Introduction: Colon cancer in liver transplant patients is an uncommon clinical situation. These patients are considered of high risk and are classically treated with an open approach. Currently, there are very few reports in the literature regarding laparoscopic colectomy in the case of solid-organ transplant patients and none concerning a straight laparoscopic colectomy in a liver transplant ...