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Increased morbidity associated with secondary abdominal closure in pediatric liver transplantation [PDF]
World Journal of Pediatric SurgeryBackground The discrepancy in size between donor and recipient presents a complex challenge in pediatric liver transplantation (PLT), often necessitating secondary abdominal closure to prevent abdominal compartment syndrome.
Carolina Magalhães Costa +9 more
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Gastroenterology, 1997 The development of liver transplantation has been difficult. However, substantial advances have been made mostly because of better surgical techniques and because of better postoperative management. It has been necessary for surgeons to be more inquisitive about the reasons for post-transplantation liver dysfunction rather than to ascribe hepatic ...
G W, McCaughan, D J, Koorey
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New England Journal of Medicine, 1989 Advances in the management of both chronic and acute hepatic disease have been made possible and even mandated by the development of liver transplantation. The clinical use of transplantation has proceeded at a rapid pace since a Consensus Development Conference of the National Institutes of Health concluded in June 1983 that liver transplantation had ...
D. H. Van Thiel +2 more
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Medical Clinics of North America, 1979 This assessment of the role of liver transplantation in treating end-stage liver disease today is based on two major series, one from Denver and the other from the Cambridge/Kings College Hospital, England. The findings of these groups are highlighted, as are the changes in technique that have led to considerably improved survival in the past two years.
Terblanche, J, Koep, LJ, Starzl, TE
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Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 1998 Continued discussion over organ allocation and distribution remained a focal point in the field of liver transplantation in the year 2000. Despite the ongoing debate, no significant changes were implemented in the current allocation system. By far, the most widely discussed topic in liver transplantation this year was live donor adult-to-adult liver ...
Brown, KA, Moonka, DK
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Transplantation of the Liver [PDF]
Surgical Clinics of North America, 1977 The authors’ results with liver transplantation are presented, along with their present views regarding candidacy for liver replacement and selected diagnostic and technical problems that are encountered during and after liver transplantation, particularly the problem of secondary jaundice.
Putnam, CW, Starzl, TE
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Gut and Liver, 2009 Liver transplantation has become a lifesaving procedure for patients who have chronic end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. The satisfactory outcome of liver transplantation has led to insufficient supplies of deceased donor organs, particularly in East Asia.
Moon, Deok-Bog, Lee, Sung-Gyu
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BMC Surgery, 2022 Background Previous studies have reported the surgical resection (SR) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) could achieve comparable recurrence-to-death survival (RTDS).
Youwei Wu +5 more
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Journal of Ultrasound, 2007 Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) involves the substitution of a diseased native liver with a normal liver (or part of one) taken from a deceased or living donor. Considered an experimental procedure through the 1980s, OLT is now regarded as the treatment of choice for a number of otherwise irreversible forms of acute and chronic liver disease.The
ROSSI, MASSIMO +6 more
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BMC Cancer, 2020 Background The prognosis of patients with combined hepatocellular carcinoma and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CHC) is usually poor, and effective adjuvant therapy is missing making it important to investigate whether these patients may benefit from ...
Wei-Ren Liu +14 more
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