BACKGROUND Fulminant hepatic failure carries a high morbidity and mortality. Liver transplantation has markedly improved the prognosis of patients with fulminant hepatic failure. AIM To evaluate the outcome of 20 patients with acute liver failure and indication for liver transplantation. METHODS A retrospective review of 20 patients with acute liver failure and indication for liver transpla...

In liver transplantation, a side-to-side anastomosis is one of the commonly performed techniques inferior vena cava reconstruction. The authors report case an application endoscopic vascular linear stapler for caval during deceased-donor transplantation. back table procedure was in standard fashion anastomosis. introduced temporary clamping recipient’s and created without problems. Suturing res...

There are two kinds of liver transplantation. One involves the pl.acement of an extra (auxiliary) liver at sare heterotopic site such as the right paravertebral gutter, leaving the diseased native liver in place. 0ptim:mI revascularization of auxiliary livers includes portal inflow fran the splanchnic venous system. There has been only one example of long survival after clinical auxiliary trans...

The present study determined the regenerative effect of bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) on thioacetamide (TA)-induced liver fibrosis in rats. A total of 30 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham control and treatment groups. The rats of the sham control group were subdivided into three groups and sampled on the 14th, 18th, and 20th weeks after fibrosis induction. The rats of th...

FAMILIAL amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is a genetic disorder inevitably lethal without liver transplantation. This procedure has been performed for FAP since 1990 and this disease is now, by far, the most frequent metabolic indication for liver transplantation, with more than 700 patients having undergone transplantation worldwide. In the last years, results improved significantly, and FAP Met30...

Introduction: Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis are the most important causes of growth failure, morbidity and mortality in children. Cirrhosis consists of a variety of congenital, genetic, metabolic, and infectious causes in children. Models for predicting of chronic liver disease severity, survival, and transplantation are useful for decision-making as well as medical interventions. The mo...

For religious reasons, Jehovah's witnesses refuse transfusion of blood products (red cells, platelets, plasma), but may accept organ transplantation. The authors developed a multidisciplinary protocol for liver transplantation in Jehovah's witnesses. In a 6-year period, nine Jehovah's witness patients were listed for liver transplantation. They received preoperative erythropoietin therapy, with...

Acute appendicitis is one of the most common etiologies for acute abdomen. However, fewer than 30 cases of acute appendicitis after liver transplantation have so far been reported in the literature. Previous case studies have concluded that acute appendicitis after liver transplantation may present differently than in non-immunosuppressed patients and thus may lead to more complications. Herein...

D ESPITE genetic differences in the prevalence of blood groups and HLA antigens between the various races, the effect of the race of the donor and that of the recipient on outcome in clinical liver transplantation have never been investigated. The aims of the present study were to determine: 1. The proportion of organs contributed to the liver transplantation program at the University of Pittsb...

Im~rovements in l'ulmonary care and other refinements in management allow more patients WIth cystic fibroSIS (CF) to survive long enough for liver disease to become a limiting factor in their life expectancy (1, 2, 3). Since liver transplantation is considered the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage liver disease, it is predictable that more patients with CF and liver failure will b...