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Laparoscopy in liver transplantation: The future has arrived [PDF]
In the last two decades, laparoscopy has revolutionized the field of surgery. Many procedures previously performed with an open access are now routinely carried out with the laparoscopic approach.
Berloco, Pasquale Bartolomeo +9 more
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We had five cases of pediatric probable posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder after liver transplantation. If the patient's symptoms are too mild, excisional biopsy is too difficult to perform, or the patient is too sick to undergo invasive procedures, initiating preemptive treatment without a histological diagnosis could be the treatment option.
Muneyuki Matsumura +10 more
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Inflammation, Active Fibroplasia, and End-stage Fibrosis in 172 Biliary Atresia Remnants Correlate Poorly With Age at Kasai Portoenterostomy, Visceral Heterotaxy, and Outcome [PDF]
Published histologic studies of the hilar plate or entire biliary remnant at the time of Kasai portoenterostomy (KHPE) have not provided deep insight into the pathogenesis of biliary atresia, relation to age at surgery, prognosis or the basis for ...
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‘Triangular Cord’ Sign in Biliary Atresia
Biliary atresia is an unknown etiology of extrahepatic bile duct obstruction with a ‘fibrous ductal remnant,’ which represents the obliterated ductal remnant in the porta hepatis.
Hee Jung Lee, Mu Sook Lee, Jin Young Kim
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BackgroundBiliary atresia (BA) is an infantile fibro-obstructive cholestatic disease with poor prognosis. An early diagnosis and timely Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) improve clinical outcomes. Aggregation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) around hepatic bile ducts has
Hongyu Lyu +14 more
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Liver transplantation for arteriohepatic dysplasia (Alagille's syndrome) [PDF]
Thirteen out of 268 children (
Borland, L +9 more
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Liver Transplantation for Alagille's Syndrome [PDF]
Twenty-three children with Alagille's syndrome and end-stage liver disease underwent liver transplantation with cyclosporine and low-dose steroid immunosuppression. Two to 9 years (mean, 4.4 years) after surgery, 13 (57%) of the children were still alive,
Reyes, J +5 more
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Liver transplantation before 1 year of age [PDF]
Since 1981, 20 infants younger than 1 year of age received 26 orthotopic liver transplants. Immunosuppression was with cyclosporine and corticosteroids. Thirteen (65%) of the reciplents were discharged from the hospital.
Ascher +18 more
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Anaesthesia for biliary atresia and hepatectomy in paediatrics
The scope of this article precludes an ′in depth′ description of all liver problems and I will limit this review to anaesthesia for biliary atresia - a common hepatic problem in the very young - and partial hepatectomy in older children.
Rebecca Jacob
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Liver transplantation for biliary atresia [PDF]
Orthotopic liver transplantation was performed 15 months to 20 years ago in 126 recipients, all of whom were under 18 years of age. Eighty-six of these pediatric recipients were treated before 1980 with azathioprine (or eyclophosphamide) and prednisone ...
B.W. Shaw Jr. +12 more
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