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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Liver transplantation has been reported in the literature as an extreme intervention in cases of severe and complicated hepatic trauma. The main indications for liver transplant in such cases were uncontrollable bleeding and postoperative hepatic insufficiency. We here describe four cases of orthotopic liver transplantation after penetrating or blunt liver trauma. The indications were liver failure, extended liver necrosis, liver gangrene and multiple episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding related to portal hypertension, respectively. One patient died due to postoperative cerebral edema. The other three patients recovered well and remain on immunosuppression. Liver transplantation should be considered as a saving procedure in severe hepatic trauma, when all other treatment modalities fail.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1007-9327
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1641-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Liver transplantation for severe hepatic trauma: experience from a single center.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33101, USA. sdelis55@hotmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports