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Estudio pre-trasplante hepático: ¿qué buscar y cómo hacerlo? Si algo es positivo: ¿qué hacemos?

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
The process of evaluation of candidate patients for liver transplantation should include the risk of infectious diseases in order to prevent the drop out of the waiting list due to infections or the occurrence of these in the post-transplant period. Cirrhotic patients in the pre-transplant stage are very...

Upper midline incision in recipients of deceased-donors liver transplantation

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 31 (3), 2018
ABSTRACT Background: Liver transplant (LT) is the only effective and long-lasting option for patients with end-stage liver disease. Innovations and refinements in surgical techniques occurred with the advent of transplants with partial grafts and laparoscopy. Despite these modifications, the abdominal i...

Effects of cold ischemia time on hepatic allograft function

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 30 (4), 2017
ABSTRACT Background : Cold ischemia time is related to success of liver transplantation. Aim : To compare the impact of cold ischemia time on allografts locally collected to those collected distantly. Methods : Were evaluated 83 transplantations. The patients were divided in two groups: those wh...

Hepatitis autoinmune en la edad pediátrica

Resumen: En pediatría, la hepatitis autoinmune y la colangitis esclerosante son patologías de afección hepática cuyo mecanismo de daño es inmunológico. La hepatitis autoinmune es una enfermedad de etiología desconocida, caracterizada por hepatitis de interfase, hipergammaglobulinemia, autoanticuer...

Use of fibrinogen and thrombin sponge in pediatric split liver transplantation

Acta cir. bras; 32 (8), 2017
Abstract Purpose: To analyze the use of this sponge in pediatric patients undergoing split-liver transplantation. Methods: Retrospective study, including 35 pediatric patients undergoing split-liver transplantation, divided into two groups according to the use of the sponge: 18 patients in Group A (n...

Trasplante hepático por insuficiencia cardíaca secundaria a telangiectasia hemorrágica hereditaria o enfermedad de Rendu Osler Weber: caso clínico

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (6), 2017
Liver involvement by multiple arterio-venous shunts in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia can lead to severe heart failure. Total hepatectomy with liver transplantation has emerged as a therapeutic option for severe cases where other therapies have failed. We report a 51-year-old male who underwent a ...

Right Hepatic Lobe Resection and Thrombocytopenia

Ann. hepatol; 16 (1), 2017
Abstract: Thrombocytopenia has previously been reported after right lobe resection for organ donation. The mechanism(s) of low platelets after right hepatectomy is unclear and several hypotheses have been proposed including a decrease in thrombopoietin, and hepatic insufficiency resulting in relative por...

Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor como preditor de sangramento no transplante hepático: estudo piloto observacional

RESUMO Objetivo: Correlacionar os níveis de thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor no pós-operatório imediato e com 24 horas de pós-operatório com o volume de sangramento tansoperatório. Métodos: Foram analisados vinte e um pacientes alocados imediatamente antes do transplante hepático (...

Translational microsurgery. A new platform for transplantation research

Acta cir. bras; 31 (3), 2016
ABSTRACT PURPOSE: Clinical microsurgery has been introduced in many fields, while experimental microsurgery has the cross-disciplinary features of the sciences and techniques for growth of medicine, pharmacology, veterinary, engineering etc. Training protocol, proposing a new name as Translational Micr...

Hipotermia terapêutica como ponte até transplante em pacientes com falência hepática fulminante

Os tópicos mais importantes na falência hepática fulminante são o edema cerebral e a hipertensão intracraniana. Dentre todas as opções terapêuticas, tem sido relatado que a hipotermia sistêmica induzida em níveis entre 33 - 34ºC reduz a elevação da pressão e aumenta o tempo durante o qual o...