BACKGROUND Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after liver and kidney transplantation has high mortality and causes diagnostic challenges. This study aims to describe the cytokine and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) profile in the GVHD after liver and kidney transplantation. METHODS A high-throughput detection kit was applied and altogether 18 different cytokines were tested simultaneously. GVHD p...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the changes in magnitude of three-dimensional (3D) liver motion after liver resection/transplantation in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using four-dimensional (4D)-computed tomography (CT) images. From January 2012 to April 2016, 74 HCC patients underwent 4D-CT scans under a free-breathing state to assess respiratory liver motion. Of the 7...

1. To review imaging findings of abdominal complications detected on MDCT after liver transplantation in early (within the first 90 days) and late periods (after 90 days). 2. To emphasize the importance of reviewing radiologic features in the abdominal complications after liver transplantation compared between early and late period. 3. To review pitfalls in CT interpretations to assess abdomina...

Liver transplantation for hepatic malignancies has emerged from an exotic and desperate approach to a well-documented and proven treatment modality for these unfortunate patients. However, early unsatisfactory results emphasized that only a highly selected patient population would benefit from transplantation. Currently, <10% of all liver transplants performed are for hepatocellular cancer (HCC...

The disbalance between the number of candidates to liver transplant and the number of liver grafts leads to waiting list mortality. Two potential ways of increasing the number of liver grafts are split liver transplantation and the transplantation of grafts from non-heart beating donors. Both of them were discussed in a consensus meeting of the Spanish Society of Liver Transplantation in Octobe...

The advent of successful orthotopic liver transplantation for patients with both acute and chronic liver failure has been a major breakthrough in clinical practice, for patients who would have otherwise died [1]. Patients with chronic liver disease are now listed for transplantation well before terminal liver failure, and therefore can potentially wait for a suitable donor liver. However, those...

As non-human primates have similar pathophysiological reactions to humans, experimental data evaluating acute rejection reactions following liver transplantation in rhesus monkeys are clinically significant. However, the success rate and long-term survival rate are low, and post-transplant death is one of the major factors influencing survival in rhesus monkeys undergoing experimental liver tra...

Hepatocellular carcinoma is one of the most frequently encountered malignancies worldwide. Its association with cirrhosis increases the difficulty of diagnosis and therapy. Different approaches, ranging from medical treatment to highly complex ablative and surgical therapies, including liver resection and transplantation have significantly improved the outcome of this disease. This article revi...

Introduction Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, especially in the Asia pacific area [1]. Liver transplantation is theoretically the best option because it cures both the tumor and the underlying liver disease. The overall survival rate at 5 years after liver transplantation was around 70-75% [2]. In contrast, 5-year survival rates after liver resection w...

A serious hazard to patients during orthotopic liver transplantation is hyperkalemia. Although the most frequent and hazardous hyperkalemia occurs immediately after reperfusion of the newly transplanted liver, morbid hyperkalemia could happen in the other phases during orthotopic liver transplantation. However, pre-anhepatic hyperkalemia during orthotopic liver transplantation is rare. This rep...