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Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

2007
Since its introduction into clinical practice in 1963 by Starzl et al., the technique of orthotopic liver transplantation has been refined progressively. The original technique included resection of the recipient inferior vena cava (IVC) and the use of extracorporeal venovenous bypass.
Robert J. Porte, Jan Lerut, Philipp Dutkowski   +2 more
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Orthotopic liver transplantation in primary liver tumors

Journal of Surgical Oncology, 1993
Among 283 orthotopic liver transplantations made during the last 6 years at our institution, 22 (7.77%) were done on 19 patients with unresectable hepatic malignant tumors [hepatocellular carcinoma (17), angiosarcoma (1), and cholangiocarcinoma (1)]. None of them showed extrahepatic invasion, and only one had lymph node involvement.
Moreno González E., Loinaz C., Gómez R., García I., González Pinto I., Jiménez C., MAFFETTONE, Vincenzo, Colina F., Palomo J.C., Vorwald P., Musella M.   +10 more
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Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Biliary Atresia

Transplantation Proceedings, 2005
Biliary atresia (BA) represents the most frequent indication for liver transplantation (OLTX) in the pediatric population. The aim of this paper was to present a series collected over the last 7 years from October 1997 through July 2004, including 260 pediatric OLTX in 231 patients. BA was the indication in 137 patients. There were 69 boys and 68 girls
Colledan, M., Torri, E., Bertani, A., Corno, V., Guizzetti, M., Lucianetti, A., Maldini, G., Pinelli, D., Zambelli, M., Giovanelli, M., Carrara, B., Riva, S., Alberti, D., Passoni, M., Spada, M., Gridelli, B., Torre, G.   +16 more
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Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Byler's Disease

Transplantation Proceedings, 2005
In this study we analyzed the features of 12 patients who underwent liver transplantation for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (Byler's disease [BD]) in view of the technical features of the OLTx, incidence and type of complications, need for retransplantation, as well as patient and graft survivals. BD was the indication in 12 patients of
Torri E., Lucianetti A., Pinelli D., Corno V., Guizzetti M., Maldini G., Zambelli M., Bertani A., Melzi M. L., Alberti D., Doffria E., Giovanelli M., Torre G., Spada M., Gridelli B., Colledan M.   +15 more
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Orthotopic liver transplantation for unresectable hepatoblastoma

Transplantation, 2002
The outcome of treatment for advanced hepatoblastoma has recently improved after the introduction of preoperative or pre- and postoperative cisplatin-containing chemotherapy combined with complete surgical excision. The role of liver transplantation in a population of patients who have received this regimen has not been clearly defined.Orthotopic liver
Srinivasan P, McCall J, Pritchard J, Dhawan A, Baker A, Vergani GM, Muiesan P, Rela M, Heaton ND   +8 more
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Routine drainage for orthotopic liver transplantation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2010
Routine use of abdominal drainage in patients undergoing liver transplantation is controversial.To assess the benefits and harms of routine abdominal drainage after orthotopic liver transplantation versus no drainage and to address different drain types.We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) in The Cochrane Library ...
Brian R. Davidson, Prashant Naik, Kurinchi Selvan Gurusamy   +2 more
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MRA in Liver and in Orthotopic Liver Transplants [PDF]

, 2010
MR imaging provides the necessary information about variations in the vascular and biliary anatomy and allows evaluation of the hepatic parenchyma for diffuse or focal abnormalities.
F Turini, Simonetta Salemi, Francescamaria Donati, Piero Boraschi   +3 more
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Rat Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

2014
Rat orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has been generally accepted as a studies model in the research of organ preservation, transplant pathology, physiology, and immunology since it was firstly developed by Dr. Sun Lee et al. (1973). In 1979, Kamada and Calne reported “two-cuff technique” for portal vein and infrahepatic vena cava (Kamada and ...
Jinzhen Cai, Junwu Cai
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Orthotopic Liver Transplantation in Polycystic Liver Disease

Cirugía Española (English Edition), 2013
There is currently no effective medical therapy for polycystic liver (PCL). Cyst puncture and sclerotherapy, cyst fenestration, or partial hepatic resections have been used as palliative treatments. Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has become the treatment of choice for terminal PCL, being indicated in patients with limiting symptoms not ...
Jorge Arredondo, Fernando Rotellar, Fernando Pardo, Pablo Marti, Gabriel Zozaya, Ignacio Herrero, Manuel Bellver, Nicolás Pedano   +7 more
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ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR BYLER DISEASE

Transplantation, 1990
Byler disease is a rare form of familial intrahepatic cholestasis that is fatal before puberty. This retrospective study reviewed the results of orthotopic liver transplantation in 14 children with Byler disease using 12 whole-liver grafts and 2 reduced-size grafts. One post-operative death occurred after retransplantation for arterial thrombosis.
Didier Houssin, Y Chapuis, Jacques Valayer, Olivier Bernard, Denis Devictor, Olivier Soubrane, Frédéric Gauthier   +6 more
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