To guide safe harvesting of the graft from donors, an accurate preoperative evaluation of potential
living liver donors for conditions that increase the donor's surgical risk is crucial.»
3D CT MIP rotation to demonstrate the biliary tract for pre-surgical planning of
potential liver donor patients.
For this cross-sectional study, the team recruited 100 living
liver donor candidates who went through pre-transplant evaluation between April and October 2009 at a center in Taiwan.
WHO: Nearly 200 liver transplant recipients and their family members — including
several liver donors and several patients who are currently waiting for transplants — are expected to attend the University of Chicago Hospitals» annual celebration for pediatric and adult liver transplant patients.
At an event to introduce a new line of iPods, Jobs first informed a crowd of journalists, analysts, and Apple developers that he now possessed the liver of a «twentysomething
liver donor who had died in a car crash.»
It could be used for long - term replacement or short - term graft while the recipient waits for a
suitable liver donor, or in cases in which doctors anticipate that the native liver will eventually regain its function.
«I thought I was going to die waiting,» Klug said of the days before
his liver donor was found 19 months ago.
New research published in the American Journal of Transplantation indicates that emergency evaluations of living
liver donors can be conducted safely to allow acute liver failure patients to undergo transplantation before their condition worsens.
Titled «Current State - of - the - Art MRI for Comprehensive Evaluation of Potential Living
Liver Donors,» the review examines the role of updated MRI - based techniques for comprehensive evaluation of living liver donors.
Using the latest techniques, MRI can provide a «one - stop - shop» method for evaluation of potential living
liver donors, according to an article published in the July 2017 issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR).
Given the potential for adverse mental affects of living
liver donors» ambivalence, the present study investigated the effect of social support and concerns related to the donation process.
«We recommend additional social support to minimize donation - related concerns and reduce ambivalence of living
liver donors,» concludes Dr. Weng.
When diagnosed early, liver cancer can be treated successfully with surgery, but
liver donors are rare and few treatment options exist for patients with advanced disease.