Items tagged “liver transplant”
9 results found
Case
Biliary necrosis - liver transplant
Published
23 Feb 2013
95% complete
Ultrasound
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CT
Article
Liver cancer (BCLC staging)
Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) staging uses a set of criteria to guide the management of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
The classification takes the following variables into account 1,2:
performance status (PS)
Child-Pugh score
radiologic tumor extent
tumor size
multi...
Case
Barcelona clinic liver cancer (BCLC) staging classification
Published
17 Feb 2015
32% complete
Diagram
Article
Splenic steal syndrome
Splenic steal syndrome is a possible complication after liver transplantation. In this syndrome, blood flows preferentially from the celiac artery into the splenic artery and the hepatic artery is relatively hypoperfused as a result. This complication can threaten a liver transplant's survival.
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Case
Transplant hepatic artery - patch arterial anastomosis
Published
23 Jul 2017
68% complete
MRI
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Article
CT liver volumetry in living donor liver transplantation (approach)
CT liver volumetry in living donor liver transplantation is essential imaging studies in preoperative assessment of potential liver transplant donors.
Liver volumetry is performed for the donor liver to calculate the graft volume and remnant liver volume. Preoperative measurement of liver volum...
Case
Manual CT liver volumetry for living donor liver transplantation
Published
08 Apr 2020
95% complete
CT
Article
Living donor liver transplantation
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a lengthy and complex operation in which one or several hepatic lobes or segments from the potential donor are resected and transplanted into the recipient patient after excision of the diseased liver.
Other types of liver transplant are discussed he...
Article
Small for size syndrome (liver graft)
Small for size syndrome (SFSS) is a clinical syndrome caused by the transplantation of a liver graft that is too small for a recipient. It occurs when the graft to recipient weight ratio (GRWR) is less than 0.8% or a graft volume to standard liver volume ratio (GV/SLV) is less than 35%.
Clinica...