Prolonged Anhepatic State as a Bridge to Retransplantation: A Challenging Case of a 35-Year-Old Male Liver Transplant Patient with a Temporary Portacaval Shunt. [PDF]
Patient: Male, 35-year-old Final Diagnosis: Hemorrhagic stroke Symptoms: Coagulopathy • electrolyte disturbances • hypoglycemia • hypotension • hypothermia • metabolic acidosis • renal failure • sepsis Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: Critical Care ...
Araujo Coelho DR+6 more
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Preoperative portal vein recanalization-transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for chronic obliterative portal vein thrombosis: Outcomes following liver transplantation. [PDF]
Patients with chronic, obliterative portal vein thrombosis may be converted to liver transplantation candidacy following portal vein recanalization‐transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (PVR‐TIPS). Long‐term survival outcomes of patients with chronic, obliterative portal vein thrombosis who undergo transplantation following PVR‐TIPS are similar
Talwar A+15 more
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Coagulation Dysfunction in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis and Splenomegaly and Its Countermeasures: A Retrospective Study of 1522 Patients. [PDF]
Objective. Patients with cirrhosis and splenomegaly often have coagulation dysfunction which affects treatment and prognosis. This study explores the status, grading, and treatment strategies of coagulation dysfunction in patients with liver cirrhosis and splenomegaly. Methods.
Lv Y+6 more
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Successful surgical manipulation of portacaval shunt in a dog.
Shuichi Koyama+7 more
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Techniques for Management of Portal Vein Thrombosis during Liver Transplantation. [PDF]
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) poses a unique challenge in liver transplant. The management of PVT differs according to the extent of thrombosis. Anastomosis of a donor portal vein to a varix is a viable option when an adequate size varix is identified on preoperative imaging or intraoperatively.
Singh N, Washburn K, Black S, Schenk A.
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Epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, surveillance, and management of hepatocellular carcinoma associated with vascular liver disease. [PDF]
Abstract Vascular liver disease (VLD) presents special challenges in the diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). HCC arising in the setting of vascular liver disease is often thought to be due to elevated hepatic arterial blood flow, rather than progressive fibrosis from chronic inflammation as with other chronic liver
Prasad D, Nguyen MH.
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Liver transplantation in Budd–Chiari patients with history of portacaval shunt surgery
The paper presents the experience of successful treating a patient with diuretic-resistant ascites associated with Budd– Chiari syndrome. The authors provide a clinical observation of deceased donor liver transplantation to a patient with Budd–Chiari ...
D. A. Altman+9 more
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Abstract Glycogen storage disease type I (GSDI) is an inherited metabolic disorder characterized by a deficiency of enzymes or proteins involved in glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis, resulting in excessive intracellular glycogen accumulation. While GSDI is classified into four different subtypes based on molecular genetic variants, GSDIa accounts for ...
Jiamin Zhong+10 more
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Abstract The prevalence of cognitive dysfunction, dementia, and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) is increasing in parallel with an aging population. Distinct types of chronic stress are thought to be instrumental in the development of cognitive impairment in central nervous system (CNS) disorders where cognitive impairment ...
Torbjörn Bäckström+4 more
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Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a frequent and serious complication of chronic liver disease. The mechanism of hepatic encephalopathy is not entirely clear. Hepatic encephalopathy is defined as brain dysfunction caused by liver insufficiency and/or portal‐systemic blood shunting.
Fady Salama+4 more
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