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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
4
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1992-12-31
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pubmed:abstractText |
Some complications of liver transplantation appear as aspecific clinical and blood test abnormalities; others--e.g., hepatic artery thrombosis in the immediate postoperative period and stenosis of the biliary anastomosis before T-tube removal--require early diagnosis. These considerations justify the need of frequent radiologic examination in both the complicated course and the follow-up. The authors report their experience in 59 adult patients submitted to liver transplantation for irreversible liver disease in advanced stage (49 with cirrhosis, 10 with HCC; 5 with cholestatic hepatopathy; 3 with fulminant hepatitis; 1 with Budd-Chiari syndrome; 1 with metastatic APUDoma). Two hundred and sixty-three radiological examinations were performed (Doppler US, CT, angiography and cholangiography) which showed numerous early and delayed complications: 13 of them were treated with interventional radiology maneuvers (US-or CT-guided percutaneous drainage of fluid collections, biliary drainage, bilioplasty, arterial transcatheter embolization). Our results demonstrate that diagnostic and operative radiology are essential for the success of liver transplantation; integrated imaging is particularly important in the diagnosis of complications, while interventional radiology techniques can be usefully employed in their treatment.
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pubmed:language |
ita
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Oct
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pubmed:issn |
0033-8362
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
84
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
400-9
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2008-10-21
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Follow-Up Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Liver,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Liver Transplantation,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Postoperative Care,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Postoperative Complications,
pubmed-meshheading:1455022-Postoperative Period
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pubmed:year |
1992
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pubmed:articleTitle |
[Liver transplantation: role of the radiologic methods in the postoperative period].
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pubmed:affiliation |
Istituto di Radiologia, Università di Torino.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
English Abstract
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