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Liver Transplantation
Dilip Chakravarty K, WC Lee, YY Jan, YC Chain, Po-Huang Lee
CHAPTER 1:
History of Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
CONCEPT OF LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (LDLT)
ADULT-TO-ADULT LDLT
SPLIT LIVER
DOMINOS
ABO-INCOMPATIBLE (ABO-I) LDLT71
DUAL GRAFTS
HISTORICAL REVIEW OF IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION DURING EARLIER TIMES
CYCLOSPORINE ERA
TACROLIMUS ERA
CHAPTER 2:
Anatomy of Liver
INTRODUCTION
EMBRYOLOGY
LIGAMENTS OF LIVER (FIGURE 2.1)
LOBAR AND SEGMENTAL ANATOMY OF LIVER
FUNCTIONAL/SURGICAL LOBES OF LIVER
SEGMENTAL ANATOMY OF LIVER
COUINAUD's SEGMENTAL ANATOMY (FIGURE 2.2)
BISMUTH's SEGMENTAL ANATOMY13
SEGMENT I
ANATOMICAL RELATIONS AROUND THE HILUM
PORTAL VEIN
HEPATIC ARTERY
BILE DUCT
Blood Supply of the Bile Duct
INTRAHEPATIC BILIARY ANATOMY (FIGURE 2.7)
RIGHT HEPATIC DUCT
LEFT HEPATIC DUCT
CAUDATE LOBE
ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS IN INTRAHEPATIC BILIARY TRACT
CONFLUENCE PATTERNS OF THE RIGHT INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCTS AND ITS RELATION TO THE PORTAL VEIN
VARIOUS PATTERNS OF THE RIGHT INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCTS BASED ON SUPRA-AND INFRA-PORTAL PATTERN
CONFLUENCE PATTERNS OF THE LEFT INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCTS
ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS OF THE HEPATIC ARTERIAL SUPPLY
ANATOMICAL VARIATIONS IN THE PORTAL VEIN
PORTAL VEIN IN A LIVE DONOR
ANATOMY OF HEPATIC VEINS
RIGHT HEPATIC VEIN (RHV)
MIDDLE HEPATIC VEIN
LEFT HEPATIC VEIN
SUPERFICIAL BRANCH OF RHV (FIGURE 2.13)
LEFT MEDIAL HEPATIC VEIN
MRHV AND IRHV
INFERIOR PHRENIC VEINS
LYMPHATICS
LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE OF BILE DUCT
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN SITUS INVERSUS (SI)
CHAPTER 3:
UNOS, Organ, Allocation Policy and MELD Score
INTRODUCTION
PROPOSED PROGNOSTIC MODELS FOR ESTIMATING PROGNOSIS IN LIVER DISEASE
NON-DISEASE-SPECIFIC CRITERIA
The Child-Turcotte-Pugh Classification
Evolution of MELD Scoring System MELD: Model for end-stage liver disease
MELD Equation
MELD Score in HCC Patients
PELD Scoring System PELD: Pediatric end stage liver disease
PELD Equation
DISEASE-SPECIFIC CRITERIA
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)
Mayo Clinic Model for PBC
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
Mayo Clinic Model for PBC
ORGAN ALLOCATION SYSTEM IN USA AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
ORGAN ALLOCATION POLICY
UNOS (UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING)
Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN)
Organ Procurement Organization (OPO)
DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSPLANT CENTERS IN USA
Minimal Listing Criteria5
Urgency
Utility
UNOS AND ITS TERRITORY
Functioning of UNOS
Degree of Medical Urgency
Adult Candidate Status
Status of the Patient on Waiting List
Fulminant Hepatic Failure
Primary Non-function
Hepatic Artery Thrombosis
HIGH RISK PATIENTS AND ORGAN ALLOCATION
EXCEPTIONS TO MELD SCORE
HCC AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
HYPONATREMIA AND MELD SCORE
RETRANSPLANTATION AND ORGAN ALLOCATION
TRANSPLANTATION STATISTICS
FUTURE TRENDS IN ORGAN ALLOCATION
MELD SCORE AND LDLT
CHAPTER 4:
Indications and Contraindications of Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
EVALUATION OF THE RECIPIENT AT THE TRANSPLANTATION CENTER (TABLE 4.1)
INDICATIONS FOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (TABLE 4.2)
TRAUMA AS AN INDICATION FOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
CONTRAINDICATIONS TO LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (TABLE 4.3)
EXTRAHEPATIC MALIGNANCY
INFECTIONS
ACTIVE ALCOHOL OR DRUG ABUSE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (TABLE 4.4)
PULMONARY CONDITIONS (TABLE 4.5)
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
ANATOMIC ABNORMALITIES
PREVIOUS ABDOMINAL SURGERY
HIV INFECTION
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
AGE
CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA
OBESITY
RENAL FAILURE
Hepatorenal Syndrome
PREVIOUS NONHEPATIC MALIGNANCY
RETRANSPLANTATION
CHAPTER 5:
Liver Transplantation Team
INTRODUCTION
THE TEAM
HEPATOLOGIST/TRANSPLANT PHYSICIAN
SURGEON
ANESTHESIOLOGIST
RADIOLOGIST
PATHOLOGIST
NURSE COORDINATOR / TRANSPLANT COORDINATOR
FINANCIAL COORDINATOR
SOCIAL WORKER
PHARMACIST
NUTRITIONIST
CHAPTER 6:
Evaluation of Live Donor
INTRODUCTION
CORE ANTIBODY (HBcAb) POSITIVE DONORS
DONOR EVALUATION
CT SCAN
EVALUATION OF HEPATIC VEINS
ARTERIAL SUPPLY
PORTAL VEIN EVALUATION
CT VOLUMETRY
CT EVALUATION OF SEGMENTAL ANATOMY AND FATTY LIVER
MR CHOLANGIOGRAPHY FOR BILIARY TREE EVALUATION (FIGURES 6.10 AND 6.11)
INFORMED CONSENT BEFORE TRANSPLANT
DONOR COMPLICATIONS
FOLLOW-UP OF DONOR (FIGURES 6.12 AND 6.13)
RADIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
DETAILED VASCULAR ANATOMY
Hepatic Arterial Anatomy58–60
Portal Venous Anatomy61,62
Inferior Vena Cava and Hepatic Veins59
ASSESSMENT OF HEPATIC MALIGNANCIES
PRESENCE OF PORTOCAVAL SHUNTS AND TRANSJUGULAR PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT (TIPS)
CHAPTER 7:
Graft Volume Estimation and Donor with Fatty Liver
INTRODUCTION
3-D CT IMAGING AND VOLUMETRY8,20
GRAFT VOLUME ESTIMATION
SPLIT LIVER
FATTY CHANGE—DONOR SELECTION
PREVALENCE OF HEPATIC STEATOSIS
PREDICTION OF EARLY GRAFT FUNCTION IN LDLT44
CHAPTER 8:
Liver Donation after Brain Death and Cardiac Death
INTRODUCTION
SOURCES OF DONOR ORGAN
PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES AFTER BRAINSTEM DEATH
HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES
CARDIOVASCULAR CHANGES
Hyperdynamic Phase
Cardiovascular Collapse Phase
MONITORING OF BRAIN DEAD DONOR
COMMON PROBLEMS IN ORGAN DONORS
CARE OF THE DONOR
GENERAL TREATMENT
SPECIFIC TREATMENT STRATEGIES IN POTENTIAL HEART-BEATING DONOR2
Hematology
Hemodynamic Goals for Potential Multi-visceral Adult Donor
Cardiovascular Care
Pulmonary Care
Renal
Endocrine
Infection
Hypothermia
TREATMENT OF COMMON PROBLEMS IN POTENTIAL HEART-BEATING DONORS2
Diabetes Insipidus
Hyperglycemia
Donor Hypernatremia
Hypothyroidism
HEPATIC GRAFT PROTECTION
REPERFUSION INJURY
DONOR NUTRITION
POLICY FOR DECLARATION OF BRAIN DEATH (TAIWAN)
EARLY DETECTION OF BRAIN DEATH3
SYNONYMS
ETHICAL ISSUES
PROCEDURE FOR HARVESTING DCD DONORS
ORGAN PRESERVATION
DONOR EVALUATION
ORGAN EVALUATION
RECIPIENT OPERATION
ISCHEMIC CHOLANGIOPATHY
PNF RATE RANGES
HA THROMBOSIS AND SURVIVAL RATES
CHAPTER 9:
Marginal Donor and Donor Risk Index
MARGINAL DONORS
DONORS > 80 YEARS
DONOR RISK INDEX
CALCULATION OF DONOR RISK INDEX (DRI)12
SURVIVAL RATES ACCORDING TO DONOR RISK INDEX4
ORGAN PATIENT INDEX (OPI)23
CHAPTER 10:
Donor Surgery
DECEASED DONOR HEPATECTOMY
IDEAL DONOR
Ideal deceased donor
Prediction of donor risk factors associated with worse clinical outcome
DONORS WITH POSITIVE SEROLOGY HBV/HCV
Contraindications for harvesting deceased donor liver
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR HARVESTING DECEASED LIVER
CHAPTER 11:
Graft Preservation and Bench Procedure
INTRODUCTION
CRYOPRESERVATION OF VASCULAR GRAFTS
BACK TABLE PROCEDURE/BENCH PROCEDURE
LIVE DONOR
DECEASED DONOR
CHAPTER 12:
Recipient Surgery
CHAPTER 13:
Reperfusion Syndrome and Preservation Injury
INTRODUCTION
ETIOLOGY OF PRS
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF REPERFUSION SYNDROME
PRESERVATION INJURY
CHAPTER 14:
Technical Modifications in Recipient Surgery
PRE-TRANSPLANT PV THROMBOSIS IN RECIPIENT
PATHOGENESIS OF PVT59
DIAGNOSIS
GRADING OF PVT
GRADING OF PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS30
SURGICAL TREATMENT PLAN OF PVT (GRADE I TO IV)
Grade I
Grades II and III
Grade IV
CAVOPORTAL HEMITRANSPOSITION (CPHT)
COMPLICATIONS OF CPHT34–37
PORTAL VEIN ARTERIALIZATION (PVA)
DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES
TECHNICAL COMPLICATIONS OF PVA
Portal Hypertension and Increase the Risk of Variceal Bleeding
Liver Allograft Injury and Right-sided Heart Failure
Post-transplant Follow-up and Arterialized Hepatic Allograft Study
Renoportal Anastomosis
Combined Liver-intestine Transplant
ARTERIAL COMPLICATIONS
Pretransplant Hepatic Artery Thrombosis
PREVIOUS SHUNT PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 15:
Small for Size Syndrome
INTRODUCTION
PROPOSED DEFINITION OF SMALL FOR SIZE SYNDROME (SFSS)
SMALL FOR SIZE DYSFUNCTION (SFSD)
SMALL FOR SIZE NON-FUNCTION (SFSNF)
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF SFSS
GRAFT SELECTION AND CRITERIA FOR HPCS
MEASUREMENT OF PORTAL VEIN PRESSURE25
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES25
EVALUATION OF SHUNT PATENCY
CHAPTER 16:
Split Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
PROCEDURES
TYPES OF SPLITTING THE DONOR LIVER
DIFFERENCE IN IN-SITU AND EX-SITU SPLIT
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES: SPLIT LIVER FOR ADULT AND CHILD (EXTENDED RIGHT LOBE AND LATERAL SEGMENT)
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE (IN-SITU TECHNIQUE) (FIGURE 16.1)
Donor Procedure
Recipient Surgery for Split Liver for Adult and Child
Technical Difficulties and Modifications in SLT for 2 Adults
Surgical Procedure
OUR CENTER TECHNIQUES IN SPLIT LIVER FOR 2 ADULTS
CHAPTER 17:
Dual Grafts
INTRODUCTION
DIFFERENT DUAL GRAFTS THAT CAN BE USED IN LDLT
RECIPIENT OPERATION
TWO LEFT LOBE GRAFTS (FIGURE 17.1)
Technical Difficulties
TECHNICAL MODIFICATION5,22,29
Dissection Phase
Back Table Procedure
First Left Lobe Graft
Second Left Lobe Graft
Hepatic Venous Anastomosis
Bile Duct
Hepatic Artery Anastomosis
USE OF RIGHT LOBE AND LEFT LATERAL SEGMENT/LEFT LOBE GRAFT (FIGURE 17.2)5,21,30
RECIPIENT OPERATION
VANISHING GRAFT SYNDROME (VGS) IN DUAL GRAFTS
CHAPTER 18:
Auxiliary Partial Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (APOLT)
INTRODUCTION
INDICATIONS OF APOLT17
CITRULLINEMIA
SURGICAL TECHNIQUE22–25
DIFFERENT GRAFT TYPES THAT CAN BE USED FOR APOLT
LEFT APOLT IN THE RECIPIENT
TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES
PORTAL INFLOW MODULATION IN APOLT
ADVANTAGES OF APOLT
ISSUES RELATED TO DETRANSPLANTATION
EVALUATION OF FUNCTION OF THE GRAFT AND NATIVE LIVER
LIVER BIOPSY
CT SCAN12
RADIONUCLIDE HIDA SCANS12
SURVIVAL RATES AFTER APOLT
ROLE OF APOLT IN PRESENT TRANSPLANTATION SCENARIO
CHAPTER 19:
Domino Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY (FAP)
PREVALENCE
PRESENTATION OF FAP (FAP ATTR VAL 30 MET)7–11
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION FOR FAP ATTR VAL 30 MET
FAP World Transplant Register (FAPWTR)
Domino LTX in FAP
MSUD17
DOMINO DDLT
DOMINO LDLT
SURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR USING THE WHOLE LIVER IN DOMINO RECIPIENT27
DONOR OPERATION IN THE FAP PATIENT (RECOVERY OF THE LIVER IN THE FAP PATIENT)
DOMINO TRANSPLANTATION PROCEDURE IN THE SECOND RECIPIENT
CHAPTER 20:
Postoperative Care and Immunosuppression
INTRODUCTION
GENERAL CARE DURING POST-TRANSPLANTATION PERIOD
Respiratory Care
Monitoring of Vital Signs
Postural Changes
Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)
Continuous Infusion Analgesia
Nasogastric Tube
Foley's Catheter
Arterial Line, Central Line and Swan Ganz Catheters
Volume Replacement
Surgical Drain Care
T-Tube
Ascites
Dressing of the Wound
Antibiotics
Analgesics
Proton Pump Inhibitors
Albumin
Blood Sugar Control
ANTIFUNGAL TREATMENT
PROPHYLAXIS
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS PROPHYLAXIS
Routine CMV Prophylaxis
Pre-emptive Care
Pneumocystis Carinii Prophylaxis
Electrolyte Correction
Low Molecular Weight Heparin (LMWH)
Prostaglandin E1 (PGE1)
Gabexate Mesylate (Foy)
Blood Components
Nutrition
ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT
HBV POSITIVE RECIPIENT
CORE ANTIBODY POSITIVE DONORS (HBV –ve RECIPIENT RECEIVING GRAFT FROM HBcAb +ve AND HBsAg –ve DONOR)
HCV POSITIVE RECIPIENT
DUS
Role of RRT (Renal Replacement Therapy)
UDCA
Dry Cough, Constipation and Insomnia
Multivitamin Infusions
Psychological Support
Postoperative Bleeding
Bowel Perforation
Liver Biopsy
Discharge
POST-TRANSPLANT FOLLOW-UP
COMMON IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS USED IN LTX
TACROLIMUS / FK-506
PROGRAF
ADVAGRAF
CYCLOSPORINE
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL
CELLCEPT
MYFORTIC
SIROLIMUS
AZATHIOPRINE
TOLERANCE
TOLERANCE AND THE LIVER IN THE CLINIC
GRAFT FUNCTION AND GRAFT REGENERATION IN RECIPIENT
POSTOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF GRAFT FUNCTION15
EVALUATION OF GRAFT REGENERATION15
CHAPTER 21:
Immunosuppression Drugs
INTRODUCTION
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION IN LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
INDUCTION/INITIAL PHASE
MAINTENANCE PHASE
TREATMENT OF REJECTION
CORTICOSTEROIDS
Route of Administration
Pharmacokinetics
Use in Transplantation
Treatment of ACR
EARLY CELL CYCLE INHIBITORS
CALCINEURIN INHIBITORS (CINS)
Mechanism of Action
Cyclosporine (Cs A)
Tacrolimus
LATE CELL CYCLE INHIBITORS
SIROLIMUS (SRL)
Side Effects
ANTIMETABOLITES
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL (MMF)
Pharmacology
Pharmacokinetics
Side Effects
AZATHIOPRINE (AZA)
ANTIBODY THERAPY
MUROMONAB-CD3
Side Effects
ANTI-INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES (BASILIXIMAB, DACLIZUMAB)
Pharmacokinetics
Side Effects107
PEDIATRIC IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
INITIAL IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
NEWER IMMUNOSUPPRESSION DRUGS
RAD (EVEROLIMUS)
FTY 720
FK 778
Tolerance Induction Therapy
CAMPATH 1-H
THYMOGLOBULIN
CHAPTER 22:
Hepatic Hemodynamics and Role of Doppler Ultrasonography
PORTAL FLOW AND PORTAL VENOUS PRESSURE (PVP) MEASUREMENT
GRAFT PORTAL FLOW ESTIMATION
MEASUREMENT OF PORTAL FLOW
DIFFERENT METHODS OF FLOW MEASUREMENT
POSTOPERATIVE DUS PROTOCOLS
HEPATIC ARTERY
DUS Findings for HA Stenosis6,22
DUS Findings for Hepatic Artery Thrombosis (HAT)23
PORTAL VEIN
DUS Criteria for PV Stenosis
DUS Findings for Diagnosis of PV Aneurysm
HEPATIC VEINS
DUS Findings for HV Stenosis
DUS Findings for HV Outflow Obstruction25:
CHAPTER 23:
ABO-Incompatible Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
DIFFERENT TREATMENT MODALITIES USED FOR IN ABO-INCOMPATIBLE TRANSPLANTATION8–10
PLASMAPHERESIS / PLASMA EXCHANGE
SPLENECTOMY
LOCAL INFUSION THERAPY
HEPATIC ARTERY INFUSION THERAPY
ANTI CD20 AB (RITUXIMAB)
INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN (IVIG)
TRIPLE IMMUNOSUPPRESSION THERAPY
CHAPTER 24:
Electrolyte Abnormalities in ESLD
INTRODUCTION
ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE
SODIUM
Hyponatremia
MAINTENANCE OF SODIUM LEVEL
HYPONATREMIA
Central Pontine Myelinosis (CPM)
Hypernatremia
POTASSIUM
Hypokalemia
MAINTENANCE OF POTASSIUM LEVELS
Hypokalemia
Hyperkalemia
CALCIUM
Hypocalcemia
Causes of Hypercalcemia
Calcium Replacement Therapy
PHOSPHATE
MAGNESIUM
HYPOMAGNESEMIA
Magnesium Replacement Therapy
ACID-BASE DISTURBANCES
RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS
METABOLIC ALKALOSIS
METABOLIC ACIDOSIS
RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS
Causes
CHAPTER 25:
Immunology of Transplantation
CELLULAR BASIS OF REJECTION
ROLE OF CD4+ AND CD8+LYMPHOCYTES IN ACR
Helper T-lymphocytes and Rejection
ROLE OF REGULATORY T-CELLS (TREGS)
ROLE OF OTHER CELLS IN ACR
Neutrophils
Eosinophils
Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes
ROLE OF MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX (MHC)
HUMAN LEUCOCYTE ANTIGEN (HLA) AND REJECTION
ROLE OF HLA-C
IMMUNE TOLERANCE
ROLE OF KUPFFER CELLS
CHIMERISM
ROLE OF NITRIC OXIDE IN ACR
ROLE OF CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES IN REJECTION
ROLE OF MONOCYTES AND TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS 2 AND 4 IN ACR
ROLE OF C4d IN ACUTE REJECTION
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN REJECTION
ANTIBODY MEDIATED/HYPERACUTE REJECTION
ABO-INCOMPATIBLE LTX
CHAPTER 26:
Early Complications of Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
INITIAL POOR FUNCTION
ASSESSMENT OF GRAFT FUNCTION
ACUTE CELLULAR REJECTION
PATHOGENESIS OF ACR
ROLE OF C4d IN ACUTE REJECTION
SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF ACUTE CELLULAR REJECTION
DIAGNOSIS
Doppler Ultrasonography (DUS)
Liver Biopsy
REACTIVATION OF HCV AND REJECTION
LATE ONSET OF ACUTE REJECTION (LAR)
TREATMENT
Steroid Resistant Rejection
RESPONSE TO TREATMENT OF ACR
CHRONIC REJECTION
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
DIAGNOSIS
HISTOLOGIC FEATURES
TREATMENT
Tacrolimus
Sirolimus
MMF
Retransplantation
HYPERACUTE REJECTION
MECHANISM OF INJURY
PRE-TRANSPLANT CONDITIONING
ROLE OF C4d IN THE HUMORAL REJECTION
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
DIAGNOSIS
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT
SURVIVAL RESULTS
LYMPHOCYTE CROSS MATCH TEST
PROCEDURE
INCIDENCE
TECHNICAL ISSUES RELATED TO BILIARY COMPLICATIONS IN DDLT
TECHNICAL ISSUES RELATED TO BILIARY COMPLICATIONS IN LDLT
SUTURES AND TECHNIQUES OF ANASTOMOSIS
COMPLICATIONS IN THE RECIPIENT
PRESENTATION OF BILIARY COMPLICATIONS
BILE LEAK
BILIARY STRICTURES
Types of Biliary Strictures59,60
CLASSIFICATION OF BILIARY STRICTURE
CAUSES OF MICROANGIOPATHY AND IMMUNOGENICITY
DIAGNOSIS OF BILIARY COMPLICATIONS
BILE LEAK
BILIARY STRICTURE
ANASTOMOTIC BILIARY STRICTURE IN DDLT
NON-ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURES IN DDLT115
ANASTOMOTIC BILIARY STRICTURES IN LDLT (FIGURES 26.12 TO 26.33)
NON-ANASTOMOTIC BILIARY STRICTURES IN LDLT
Role of Liver Resection in Post-transplant Biliary Stricture
Role of Retransplantation
Biliary Complication in Posterior Sector Grafts
OTHER BILIARY COMPLICATIONS IN THE RECIPIENT
SLUDGE AND STONE FORMATION
SPHINCTER OF ODDI DYSFUNCTION
REDUNDANT BILE DUCT AFTER LTX
EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT NECROSIS
BILIARY COMPLICATIONS IN DONORS
BILE LEAK AND INJURY
Bile Leak
Treatment
INJURY TO THE CONFLUENCE OF THE HEPATIC DUCTS
PORTAL VEIN COMPLICATIONS
PV STENOSIS
PV THROMBOSIS
Symptoms and Signs
Rethrombosis
Treatment
Percutaneous Fragmentation and Stent Placement
LATE PV ANEURYSM AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
HEPATIC VEIN COMPLICATIONS
Diagnosis48
Treatment
OCCLUSION / STENOSIS OF MHV GRAFT IN RIGHT LOBE LDLT (FIGURES 26.34 AND 26.35)
Diagnosis
Treatment
INFERIOR VENA CAVA THROMBOSIS
Presentation of IVC Thrombosis
Treatment Options
ARTERIAL COMPLICATIONS
HEPATIC ARTERY STENOSIS
HEPATIC ARTERY THROMBOSIS
Early HAT
Late HAT
Diagnosis
Treatment of Hepatic Arterial Complications
Types of Stents
Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm of Hepatic Artery after LTX (Figures 26.36 to 26.39)
ARTERIAL STEAL SYNDROME
DIFFERENT MECHANISMS OF SASS
DIAGNOSIS
Angiography
3-D CT Scan
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
TREATMENT3,8,11–14
FOLLOW-UP
INTRODUCTION
CLASSIFICATION
EARLY INFECTIONS
LATE INFECTIOUS
ABDOMINAL INFECTIONS
WOUND RELATED INFECTIONS
BILOMAS
Treatment
PERITONITIS
PULMONARY INFECTIONS
CNS INFECTIONS
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
Problems Related to Tuberculosis in Solid Organ Transplants
Presentation
Diagnosis
Treatment
Role of INH Prophylaxis
LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA INFECTION
NOCARDIA
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES
VIRAL INFECTIONS
CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION (CMV)
Source of CMV Infection in Recipient
Types of Infection
Pathogenesis
CLINICAL COURSE OF CMV INFECTION
Diagnosis
Prophylaxis and Treatment of CMV Infection and Disease in Recipient
CMV Prophylaxis
Pre-emptive Treatment
Late-onset CMV Disease
Treatment of CMV Disease
EPSTEIN–BARR VIRUS (EBV)
PTLD
Presentation51,52
Treatment of PTLD
HIV POSITIVE RECIPIENT
Drug Interaction
Coinfection with HCV or HBV
Higher Risk of Post-transplant Complications66
HAART Regimen
Immunosuppression
HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS
VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS
OTHER VIRUSES
FUNGAL INFECTIONS
CANDIDA INFECTION
Source of Infection
Diagnosis
Treatment
ASPERGILLUS INFECTION
Diagnosis87
Treatment
CRYPTOCOCCUS
Presentation
Diagnosis
Treatment
PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII / JIROVECI
Diagnosis
Prophylaxis
Treatment
PROTOZOA
TOXOPLASMA GONDII
PARASITES
STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS
VACCINATION
HELICOBACTER PYLORI AND LTX
CHAPTER 27:
Role of Liver Biopsy in Transplantation
LIVER BIOPSY
DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR LIVER BIOPSY
Percutaneous Liver Biopsy
Transjugular Biopsy
Open Needle Biopsy
Laparoscopic Liver Biopsy
Biopsy Sample Processing
Complications of Liver Biopsy
DONOR LIVER BIOPSY
BODY MASS INDEX (BMI)
RECIPIENT LIVER BIOPSY
LIVER BIOPSY FOR ACUTE REJECTION
Protocol Liver Biopsy after Transplantation
Different Types of Cells in Acute Cellular Rejection (ACR)
LIVER BIOPSY IN HUMORAL/ANTIBODY MEDIATED REJECTION
C4d Immunostaining
Interpretation of C4d Immunoperoxidase Staining30 (Figure 27.8)
LIVER BIOPSY IN CHRONIC REJECTION
Acute on Chronic Rejection
Treated Rejection
Perfusion/Preservation Injury
Liver Biopsy following OLT to Assess Hepatic Fibrosis due to Recurrent HBV/HCV Disease
Other Indications of Liver Biopsy in Hepatic Allograft
CHAPTER 28:
Renal Dysfunction in Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
CINS AND RENAL TOXICITY
HBV AND HCV RELATED NEPHROTOXICITY
MONITORING RENAL FUNCTION
GFR
SERUM CREATININE
CREATININE CLEARANCE
COCKCROFT-GAULT FORMULA
RENAL USG
CARE IN PATIENTS WITH RENAL DISEASE
ACUTE RENAL INJURY AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
TREATMENT
DRUG CLEARANCE BY DIALYSIS
CHRONIC RENAL DISEASE AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
HYPERKALEMIA AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
CHAPTER 29:
Long-term Care of Recipient
INTRODUCTION
OBESITY
ETIOLOGY
MANAGEMENT
DIABETES MELLITUS
RISK FACTORS FOR PTDM31–41
TREATMENT
Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Post-transplant Period
Treatment Recommendations
DYSLIPIDEMIA
RISK FACTORS
TREATMENT
Drug Interactions
FOLLOW-UP
METABOLIC SYNDROME
CARDIAC DISEASE
HYPERTENSION
RISK FACTORS85
TREATMENT
OSTEOPOROSIS
RISK FACTORS
MECHANISM OF OSTEOPOROSIS98
PRESENTATION
EFFECT OF CORTICOSTEROIDS ON BONES100–103
INVESTIGATIONS
TREATMENT
Aim of Treatment
HYPERURICEMIA
ETIOLOGY
RISK FACTORS
TREATMENT
MALIGNANCY
RISK FACTORS FOR POST-TRANSPLANT MALIGNANCIES110,114,117–120
Alcohol and Tobacco
CINs
Cutaneous Diseases
SURVIVAL
CHAPTER 30:
Pregnancy after Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
CONTRACEPTION AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
TIME INTERVAL BETWEEN TRANSPLANTATION AND PREGNANCY
IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE DRUGS AND PREGNANCY
CORTICOSTEROIDS
CINs
MMF
DELIVERY IN LIVER TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT
BREASTFEEDING
CHAPTER 31:
Recurrent Diseases after Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
HEPATITIS C VIRUS
HEPATITIS B VIRUS
TREATMENT OF RECIPIENT: HBIG THERAPY
TREATMENT OF RECIPIENT: ORAL ANTIVIRAL AGENTS
AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS
PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS
PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS
ALCOHOLIC LIVER DISEASE
HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS
NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (NASH)
RECURRENT BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME
HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
CHAPTER 32:
Retransplantation
INTRODUCTION
PREDICTIVE FACTORS OF OUTCOME AFTER RE-TX2,5–8,14
SURVIVAL AFTER RE-TX
CHAPTER 33:
Pediatric Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
ISSUES RELATED TO PEDIATRIC PRETRANSPLANT CARE
MALNUTRITION
INFECTIONS
VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS
ACUTE ON CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE
DONOR POOL FOR PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION
ADVANTAGES OF LDLT1
REDUCED-SIZE LIVER TRANSPLANTATION (RSLT)
SPLIT LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
SMALL FOR SIZE SYNDROME
SELECTION OF GRAFT
INDICATIONS
EXTRAHEPATIC BILIARY ATRESIA (EHBA)
DRUG TOXICITY
ACUTE LIVER FAILURE
WILSON's DISEASE
VIRAL HEPATITIS
NEONATAL HEMOCHROMATOSIS
Diagnosis in Newborn Babies is by the Presence of7,8
Treatment7
AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS
TYROSINEMIA
MALIGNANCY
ROLE OF MULTI-VISCERAL TRANSPLANTATION IN CHILDREN
INDICATION FOR COMBINED LIVER-KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
PRIMARY HYPEROXALURIA
CONGENITAL HEPATIC FIBROSIS AND POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
TPN-RELATED CHOLESTASIS
IMMUNODEFICIENCY WITH ESLD
RECIPIENT EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
Pretransplant Preparation
PELD Scoring System
PELD Score
Immunosuppression
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
BLEEDING
HA THROMBOSIS
IL-2 RECEPTOR ANTIBODIES AND REJECTION
INFECTIOUS
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
VIRAL INFECTIONS
Analgesia
Post-transplant Vaccination
POST-TRANSPLANT LIFE IN CHILDREN
COMPLIANCE
Major Risk Factors
Minor Risk Factors
CAUSES OF NONCOMPLIANCE IN CHILDREN17,18
Methods to Monitor
CHAPTER 34:
Anesthesia in Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT
CARDIAC FUNCTIONS
LUNG FUNCTIONS
HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION
PROTHROMBIN TIME
INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO
ALBUMIN
BILIRUBIN
AMMONIA
ASCITES
HEPATIC SYNTHETIC FUNCTIONS (HYPOALBUMINEMIA OR COAGULOPATHY)
PREMEDICATION
INTRAOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
PHASE I (DISSECTION PHASE)
PHASE II (ANHEPATIC PHASE)
PHASE III (REPERFUSION PHASE)
MONITORING OF PATIENT PRIOR TO INDUCTION
PATIENT'S POSITION
IV ACCESS
PREOPERATIVE IMMUNOSUPPRESSION DOSE
ROLE OF DOPAMINE
TEMPERATURE
CVS MONITORING
INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE (ICP)
LABORATORY MONITORING
INDUCTION
VOLATILE ANESTHETIC AGENT
TOTAL INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA (TIVA)
SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS
PHASE I
Massive Ascites
Role of Cell Saver (Figure 34.1)
Electrolyte Imbalance
Hypotension
PHASE II
Fibrinolysis
Acidosis
Role of Steroids
PHASE III
Post-reperfusion Syndrome (PRS)
CVP Monitoring
Hyperkalemia
ROLE OF REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
POST-TRANSPLANT PERIOD
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND COAGULOPATHY
CAUSES OF COAGULOPATHY IN ESLD
INTRAOPERATIVE COAGULOPATHY
Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
HIGH BLOOD LOSS (>12 UNITS) DURING LIVER TRANSPLANTATION SURGERY
Risk Factors30
Coagulation Monitoring
THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY (TEG) (FIGURE 34.2)
ROTEM
MANAGEMENT OF COAGULOPATHY IN OLT
Indications for Blood Component Therapy
Activated Recombinant Factor VII (rFVIIa)45
ANESTHESIA FOR ACUTE LIVER FAILURE
PREOPERATIVE PREPARATION
ROLE OF HEPATECTOMY AS A BRIDGE TO TRANSPLANTATION
Cerebrovascular Stability
Fluid Balance
Delay in Recovery of Graft Function
CHAPTER 35:
Extracorporeal Liver Supporting Systems
INTRODUCTION
IDEAL LIVER SUPPORTING SYSTEM
INDICATIONS
TYPES OF LIVER SUPPORT
MOLECULAR ADSORBENT RECIRCULATION SYSTEM (MARS)
PRINCIPLE
INDICATIONS
PROCEDURE
ANTICOAGULATION
COMPLICATIONS10
CONTRAINDICATIONS
PROMETHEUS SYSTEM [FRACTIONATED PLASMA SEPARATION, ADSORPTION, AND DIALYSIS (FPSA)]
SINGLE PASS ALBUMIN DIALYSIS (SPAD)
BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER SUPPORT
HISTORY OF BAL DEVICES33
DIFFERENT BIOARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS
Hepat-Assist System (Circe Biomedical, Inc., Lexington, MA)
Extracorporeal Liver Assist Device (ELAD) (Vital Therapies, San Diego, CA)
Modular Extracorporeal Liver Support System (MELS)
Amsterdam Medical Center Bioartificial Liver (AMC-BAL)
EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE
CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 36:
Health-related Quality of Life
INTRODUCTION
FATIGUE AFTER LTX10
EMPLOYMENT AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS
HCV AND HRQL
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION AND HRQL
MELD SCORE AND HRQL
REJECTION AND HRQL
SEXUAL LIFE AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN PATIENTS ON WAITING LIST
HRQL IN PEDIATRIC TRANSPLANTATION
PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLAINTS IN DONORS
DIFFERENT PSYCHOLOGICAL COMPLAINTS IN THE DONOR
CHAPTER 37:
Liver Transplantation in Asia and Western Countries
INTRODUCTION
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN ASIAN COUNTRIES
JAPAN
TAIWAN
KOREA
INDIA
Major Hurdles for Development of Liver Transplantation in India
HONG KONG
SINGAPORE
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN WESTERN COUNTRIES
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN EUROPE
CHAPTER 38:
Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
STAGING OF HCC
DIAGNOSIS
BCLC STAGING CLASSIFICATION AND TREATMENT (BARCELONA CLINIC LIVER CANCER)94
EARLY STAGE HCC (STAGE A)
INTERMEDIATE STAGE
ADVANCED STAGE (AT LEAST ONE CRITERIA)
END STAGE (AT LEAST ONE CRITERION)
TREATMENT STRATEGY ACCORDING TO BCLC STAGING (FLOW CHART 38.1)
HCC-ROLE OF LTX
Milan Criteria
UCSF Criteria (University of California at San Francisco)
University of Pittsburgh Criteria
UNOS SCORING SYSTEM FOR HCC PATIENTS ON WAITING LIST
DROP OUT FROM THE WAITING LIST
HCC RECURRENCE
OTHER PROGNOSTIC MARKERS
CORRELATION OF HBV AND HCC RECURRENCE
LIVER RESECTION FOR HCC
BRIDGING THERAPY
TACE
RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION (RFA)
PEI ABLATION
ROLE OF LDLT IN HCC PATIENTS
OTHER HEPATIC TUMORS
CHAPTER 39:
Hepatitis B Virus and Liver Transplantation
HEPATITIS B VIRUS
STRUCTURE
VIRAL REPLICATION (FIGURE 39.1)
DIFFERENT HBV MUTANTS
HBV GENOTYPES: GENOTYPING IS MOSTLY USED FOR RESEARCH PURPOSE
Methods for Genotyping of HBV
HEPATITIS B ANTIGENS (HBsAg)
HEPATITIS B CORE PROTEIN (HBcAg)
HBe PROTEIN/HEPATITIS ‘E’ ANTIGEN (HBeAg OR ‘E’ ANTIGEN)
HBx PROTEIN
HBV DNA
HEPATITIS B DNA POLYMERASE (HBV DNA POLYMERASE, DNAp)
RESPONSE OF HUMAN BODY TO INFECTION
ANTIBODIES TO HBc (HBcAb/ANTI-HBc)
ANTIBODIES TO HBe PROTEIN (HBeAb)
Antibodies to HBs Protein (Anti HBsAb)
INTERFERON
ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE (ALT) ANDASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE (AST)
ACUTE HEPATITIS B INFECTION
Symptoms
Treatment
Prognosis
CHRONIC HBV INFECTION
Symptoms
Treatment
COURSE OF THE DISEASE VARIES IN DIFFERENT PERSONS
HBV RESISTANCE
DIAGNOSIS OF DRUG RESISTANCE
TREATMENTOF HBV DRUG RESISTANCE
PRE-AND POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS OF HBV
HBV AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
HBV IN ASIA
HBV PROPHYLAXIS
COMBINATION ANTIVIRAL THERAPY AFTER TRANSPLANT
HBcAb +VE GRAFT IN HBV INFECTED LIVER DISEASE
CHAPTER 40:
Hepatitis C Virus and LiVer Transplantation
HEPATITIS C VIRUS
MODE OF TRANSMISSION
STRUCTURE
GENOTYPES
Replication5–7
PRESENTATION
Acute Hepatitis C
Chronic Hepatitis C
SPECIFIC SYMPTOMS RELATED TO ADVANCED LIVER DISEASE
DIAGNOSIS
Abnormal Liver Function Tests
Anti-HCV Antibody
HCV RNA Levels
TREATMENT
INDICATION OF TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HEPATITIS C (NATIONAL TAIWAN HEALTH POLICY, 2008)
FOLLOW-UP
PROPHYLAXIS
HCV AND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
POST-TRANSPLANT RECURRENT HCV
TREATMENT
Pre-transplant Prophylaxis
Post-transplant Prophylactic Treatment
Post-transplant Antiviral Therapy
Interferon and Ribavirin Combination Therapy
RESPONSE TO TREATMENT
Qualitative HCV-RNA by PCR
Genotyping
Histological Confirmation
HCV +ve Recipients, after LTX
Ascites in HCV Recipients
Spontaneous Clearance of HCV
HCV Antibody Positive Grafts
HBcAb Positive Grafts in HCV Patients39
CHAPTER 41:
Alcoholism and Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
SOCIAL ISSUES RELEVANT TO ALCOHOLISM
RECIPIENT SELECTION
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
RECURRENT DISEASE
SOCIAL ISSUES AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
RECIDIVISM
COMPLIANCE
OTHER ISSUES
OSTEOPENIA
MALIGNANCIES
CHAPTER 42:
Autoimmune Liver Diseases
INTRODUCTION
AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES
AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS (AIH)
TREATMENT
Drugs
Indication of Medical Treatment3
Standard Therapy
Rescue Therapy
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN AIH
INDICATION FOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
RECURRENCE OF DISEASE AFTER TRANSPLANTATION
PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS (PBC)
TREATMENT
Medical Management
Surgical Management
INDICATIONS FOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN PBC
PRIMARY SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS (PSC)
MAYO CLINIC RISK SCORE FOR ASSESSING PROGNOSIS OF PSC13
DIAGNOSIS
MANAGEMENT
OVERLAP SYNDROME
CHAPTER 43:
Acute Liver Failure
INTRODUCTION
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALF
ALF IN ASIAN COUNTRIES
ALF IN USA AND UK
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
APOPTOSIS
NECROSIS
Other Factors
LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS
PROGNOSTIC CRITERIA IN ALF: CLICHY CRITERIA AND KING'S COLLEGE
CLICHY CRITERIA (1986)
Limitations31,32
The King's College Criteria (1989)
CRITERIA IN PEDIATRIC AGE GROUP
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN ALF
ROLE OF APOLT (AUXILIARY PARTIAL ORTHOTOPIC LIVER TRANSPLANTATION)
ROLE OF LDLT
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE LIVER FAILURE
FLUID BALANCE
HYPOGLYCEMIA
NUTRITION
ELECTROLYTES
HYPERCAPNIA
PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS AND ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS
N-ACETYLCYSTEINE
INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION
REDUCTION OF CEREBRAL EDEMA
ROLE OF HYPOTHERMIA
COAGULOPATHY
METABOLIC AND RENAL PROBLEMS
LIVER-SUPPORTING DEVICES FOR ALF
BIOARTIFICIAL LIVERS (BAL)
ARTIFICIAL: EXTRACORPOREAL LIVER ASSIST DEVICE (ELAD) SYSTEM
MARS (MOLECULAR ADSORBENTS RECIRCULATING SYSTEM)
PLASMAPHERESIS
EX-VIVO PERFUSION
HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION
SURVIVAL
CHAPTER 44:
Metabolic Liver Diseases
INTRODUCTION
ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
PULMONARY SYMPTOMS
HEPATIC SYMPTOMS
DIAGNOSIS
Phenotyping
α -1AT Level
Liver biopsy
Treatment
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
DEFECT
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
Liver
Other systems
DIAGNOSIS45
Role of LTX
Role of Multi-organ Transplantation in CF
Gene Therapy
HEREDITARY HEMOCHROMATOSIS (HHC)
PRESENTATION
HEPATIC IRON OVERLOAD
TREATMENT
SURVIVAL RATES
DISEASE RECURRENCE AFTER LTX
ALAGILLE SYNDROME
INCIDENCE
PATHOGENESIS
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
DIAGNOSIS
Treatment
CHAPTER 45:
Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
INTRODUCTION
NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS (NASH)
PREVALENCE OF NAFLD
AGE
GENDER
RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIFFERENCES
RISK FACTORS FOR NAFLD22,23,68
DIAGNOSIS
NATURAL HISTORY OF NAFLD35–40
PRETRANSPLANT EVALUATION OF NASH RELATED CIRRHOSIS PATIENT
CLINICAL OUTCOME IN NAFLD
CLINICAL OUTCOME IN NASH
CORRELATION OF NAFLD AND HCC
TREATMENT OF NAFLD
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN NAFLD
CHAPTER 46:
Wilson's Disease
INTRODUCTION
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS4,5
DIAGNOSIS8–10
RADIOLABELLED COPPER
GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
IMAGING STUDIES
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY SCAN (PET SCAN)
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
TREATMENT14,15
PROGNOSIS17
FOLLOW-UP
CHAPTER 47:
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
INTRODUCTION
PRESENTATION
DIAGNOSTIC WORK UP
TREATMENT
MEDICAL TREATMENT
Thrombolytic Therapy
Interventional Therapy19–23
SURGICAL MANAGEMENT
LIVER TRANSPLANTATION
RECURRENCE
CHAPTER 48:
Recent Advances in Liver Transplantation
INTRODUCTION
INDICATIONS
ROUTES OF HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION
ADVANTAGES OF HT
CLINICAL STUDIES21
SOURCES OF HEPATOCYTES
Liver Rejected for Transplantation
Fetal Hepatocytes
Bone Marrow—derived Cells
Immortalized Cells
Liver Resected for Malignancy
Banking of Human Liver Cells
Hepatocyte Apoptosis during Rejection
NATURAL COURSE OF THE TRANSPLANTED HEPATOCYTES
FUTURE ALTERNATIVE SOURCES
CHAPTER 49:
Complications of ESLD
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