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BACKROUND: Establishing venous outflow in liver transplantation for patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome is crucial and requires various surgical techniques. The outcomes of these patients exibits distinct problems including vasculary thrombosis and biliary complications. METHODS: In this single center study, the outcomes and surgical features of 33 patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome who were carried out liver translantation (27 patients from living donor). Another group was formed among patients underwent liver transplantation due to other etiologies and the outcomes were compared. RESULTS: The most-seen type was the classical type of Budd-Chiari syndrome (25, 75.8%). For twenty-six patients inherited or acquired prothrombotic disorders were identified (78.2%) in Budd-Chiari group. Average follow-up was 29.7 ± 15.5 months. We have observed no recurrence of disease in our BCS patients. When the two groups was compared in terms of thrombotic complications, there was a significantly increased risk in BCS group (p = 0.014). Our 1 and 3-year survival rates for the BCS group were 81.8% and 78.8%, respectively. In the control group, 1 and 3-year survival rates were 93.3% and 88.9%, respectively. Log-rank test analyses showed no statistically significant results. CONCLUSION: Liver transplantation with individual surgical and postoperative treatment strategy for patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome provides comparable outcomes.
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Síndrome de Budd-Chiari , Transplante de Fígado , Trombose , Síndrome de Budd-Chiari/etiologia , Síndrome de Budd-Chiari/cirurgia , Humanos , Transplante de Fígado/métodos , Doadores Vivos , Trombose/complicações , Trombose/cirurgiaAssuntos
Precondicionamento Isquêmico , Transplante de Fígado , Glicocálix , Humanos , Inflamação , Doadores VivosRESUMO
AIM: Liver transplantation remains the only curative treatment in end stage liver disease. Biliary complications remain the most common major morbidity causes in hepatic resection. We aimed to determine and eliminate the bile leakage in donor hepatectomy of LDLT. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This study was conducted retrospective and one center study. The study population included 110 consequential liver donors with major liver resection (more than three segments). The population was divided into three groups for data analyses. Primary study groups included 40 donors subjected to methylene blue test starting in April 2013 and 40 donors subjected to intraoperative cholangiography started in March 2014. RESULTS: A total of 110 liver donors (42.7% women) were included in the study. Postoperative biliary complications were less in methylene blue and intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) groups. Bile leakage was significantly higher in control group (23.3%) compared to methylene blue (5%) and IOC groups (2%) Average duration of hospital stay and duration of operation were significantly higher in control group compared to methylene blue and IOC groups. CONCLUSION: In our study we conducted to establish biliary leakage in living donor hepatectomy which intraoperative cholangiography test was used to determine. Many intraoperative methods have been introduced to prevent biliary leakage and development of complications. We have showed that IOC test used in the present study could be easily applied in both living liver donor hepatectomy and other major hepatectomy cases. IOC test reduced postoperative biliary leakage incidence and did not increase incidence of other complications.
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Fístula Anastomótica/prevenção & controle , Bile , Colangiografia/métodos , Hepatectomia/efeitos adversos , Transplante de Fígado/efeitos adversos , Doadores Vivos , Azul de Metileno , Monitorização Intraoperatória/métodos , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/prevenção & controle , Fístula Anastomótica/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Incidência , Tempo de Internação/estatística & dados numéricos , Fígado/cirurgia , Transplante de Fígado/métodos , Masculino , Duração da Cirurgia , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
Solid pseudopapillary tumor (SPT) of the pancreas is an uncommon pathological condition. It is classified as low-grade malignant neoplasm, but aggressive disease can be seen when the tumor size is larger than 5 cm, microscopic malignant features and local invasion are present. Resection of the mass with clear margins is the procedure of choice. However, lymph node dissection may be necessary in large tumors.
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OBJECTIVES: Portal vein thrombosis is no longer a contraindication for liver transplantation. However, varied outcomes are still reported with regard to patients with complete portal vein thrombosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We analyzed data of 505 patients who underwent liver transplant between January 2014 and June 2017. Of 505 patients, 55 (10.9%) had portal vein thrombosis, which included 37 patients (67%) who had living-donor and 18 patients (33%) who had deceased-donor liver transplant. According to Yerdel classification, 5 (9%), 28 (51%), 12 (22%), and 10 patients (18%) had grade I, II, III, and IV portal vein thrombosis, respectively. RESULTS: Thrombectomy was successful in 46 patients (84%). Forty-three patients had patent portal inflow (93.5%), but 3 patients (6.5%) required a second thrombectomy on day 1 posttransplant. Of 10 patients with grade IV portal vein thrombosis, 9 (16%) underwent extra-anatomic portal vein anastomosis. Of these 9 patients, 7 (77.7%) showed patent portal inflow during the early postoperative period. Median follow-up time was 15.5 ± 13.1 months. During this time, portal vein stenosis was detected in 5 patients. Risk of repeat thrombosis was not significantly different between patients with deceased-donor and patients with living-donor liver transplant. Overall patient survival rates for patients with and without portal vein thrombosis were 73% (40/55) and 84% (376/450), respectively, which showed significant difference (P = .05). CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to early-grade portal vein thrombosis, complete portal vein thrombosis still provides a treatment challenge with high risk of morbidity and poor early outcomes in liver transplant recipients.
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LKT is the only effective treatment for PH1 because it replaces both the source (liver) and the target (kidney) of the disease. Most studies report on LKT in patients with PH1 from deceased donors. This study reports on five patients who underwent LKT from a single living donor between April 2017 and March 2018. Combined LKT was performed for 1 patient and sequential LKT for the remainder. The median age of the patients at the time of diagnosis and transplantation was 5.5 (0.3-18) and 10 (6-21) years, respectively. All patients received left lateral liver segment transplantation, except one patient who received right liver lobe transplantation. No liver graft loss was observed, and liver function tests were stable at the final evaluation of all patients. Renal function tests of the patients were also stable at the final assessment, except for the young adult patient. None of the patients suffered from acute rejection. One patient died at the second month following liver transplantation due to severe pneumonia and sepsis. This study concludes that combined or sequential LKT from a single living donor can be safely performed and provides encouraging results for even the youngest and smallest patients with PH1.
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Hiperoxalúria Primária/cirurgia , Transplante de Rim/métodos , Transplante de Fígado/métodos , Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos/métodos , Adolescente , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Doadores Vivos , Masculino , Pneumonia/complicações , Estudos Retrospectivos , Sepse/complicações , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Invasion of a renal cell carcinoma thrombus into the inferior vena cava and right atrium is infrequent. Reaching and completely excising a tumor from the inferior vena cava is particularly challenging because the liver covers the surgical field. We report the case of a 61-year-old man who underwent surgery for a renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney that extended into the inferior vena cava and right atrium. During dissection of the liver to expose the inferior vena cava, transesophageal echocardiograms revealed right atrial mass migration into the tricuspid valve. On emergency sternotomy, the tumor embolized into the main pulmonary artery. We used a selective upper-body perfusion technique involving moderately hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass, cardioplegic arrest, and clamping of the descending aorta, which provided a bloodless surgical field for precise removal of the mass and resulted in minimal blood loss. Our technique might be useful in other patients with tumor thrombus extending into the right atrium because it reduces the need for transfusion and avoids the deleterious effects of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Our case also illustrates the importance of continuous transesophageal echocardiographic monitoring to detect thrombus embolization.
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Procedimentos Médicos e Cirúrgicos sem Sangue/métodos , Carcinoma de Células Renais/cirurgia , Ponte Cardiopulmonar , Parada Cardíaca Induzida , Átrios do Coração/cirurgia , Hipotermia Induzida , Neoplasias Renais/cirurgia , Veia Cava Inferior/cirurgia , Aorta/cirurgia , Carcinoma de Células Renais/diagnóstico por imagem , Carcinoma de Células Renais/patologia , Angiografia por Tomografia Computadorizada , Constrição , Dissecação , Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana , Átrios do Coração/diagnóstico por imagem , Átrios do Coração/patologia , Humanos , Neoplasias Renais/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Renais/patologia , Fígado/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Invasividade Neoplásica , Flebografia , Esternotomia , Resultado do Tratamento , Veia Cava Inferior/diagnóstico por imagem , Veia Cava Inferior/patologiaAssuntos
Carcinoma Hepatocelular/complicações , Tumores do Estroma Gastrointestinal/complicações , Neoplasias Hepáticas/complicações , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/diagnóstico por imagem , Carcinoma Hepatocelular/patologia , Evolução Fatal , Tumores do Estroma Gastrointestinal/diagnóstico por imagem , Tumores do Estroma Gastrointestinal/patologia , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias Hepáticas/patologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XAssuntos
Neoplasias do Colo/diagnóstico por imagem , Neoplasias do Colo/secundário , Histiocitoma Fibroso Maligno/diagnóstico por imagem , Histiocitoma Fibroso Maligno/secundário , Tomografia por Emissão de Pósitrons , Idoso , Colo Sigmoide , Humanos , Masculino , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
In this study, we evaluated our early results of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. Between January 2003 and June 2006, 26 patients (4 women and 22 men; age, 1.1-65 years) with preoperatively diagnosed or incidental hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) underwent liver transplantation at our center. Inclusion criteria (independent of tumor size and number of tumor nodules) were no invasion of major vascular structure and no evidence of extrahepatic disease. In 13 of the patients, tumors were beyond the Milan criteria. At this writing, with a mean follow-up of 16.5 months (range, 1-31 months), all patients are doing well with excellent graft function. The longest survival is 2.5 years, and our patient survival rate is 100%. There has been only one tumor recurrence that was 4 months after liver transplantation. Liver transplantation provides long patient and disease-free survival, even in patients with HCC that exceeds the Milan criteria.
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Carcinoma Hepatocelular/cirurgia , Neoplasias Hepáticas/cirurgia , Transplante de Fígado , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Intervalo Livre de Doença , Feminino , Seguimentos , Hepatectomia , Humanos , Lactente , Transplante de Fígado/fisiologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Recidiva Local de Neoplasia/patologia , Estadiamento de Neoplasias , Seleção de Pacientes , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
We have very little information about the knowledge and attitude of high school students towards organ donation and transplantation. The aim of this study was to identify student-related factors that might affect organ donation, and then use this information to develop some essential strategies and policies. Two hundred students from one urban high school were surveyed with a questionnaire. After completing the first interview, the students underwent a training program on organ donation and transplantation. Once this was complete, the students filled out the same questionnaire in a second interview session. We then analyzed the changes from before to after the educational program in order to assess the program's effectiveness. Concerning brain-death, 66.1% of the respondents identified the correct definition of this concept before training, and 92% did so after training (p<0.001). The correct definition of transplantation was chosen by 68.3% of the respondents before training, and by 90.6% after training (p<0.001). It is clear that this educational program greatly enhanced the students' level of knowledge related to many aspects of organ donation and transplantation and significantly expanded awareness. By leading to changes in opinion, such training programs will significantly increase the number of donors and the rate of transplantation in Turkey.
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Transplante de Órgãos , Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos , Adolescente , Atitude Frente a Saúde , Morte Encefálica , Estudos Transversais , Coleta de Dados , Educação em Saúde , Humanos , Entrevistas como Assunto , Religião , TurquiaRESUMO
Renal transplantation confers increased survival with improvement of immune suppressive drugs, but certain types of neoplasm can arise as secondary complications. It is thus well known that recipients have significantly increased risk of developing de novo malignancy when compared with the age-matched general population. Cancer is the 4th most common cause of death in transplant patients after cardiovascular disease, infections and liver failure. Our transplantation team has performed 1,582 kidney transplantations since 1975. Fifty-nine of the patients developed malignancies in the posttransplantation period. The most common was Kaposi's sarcoma (19 patients, 32.2 %), followed by lymphomas (16 patients, 27.1 %) and skin carcinomas (13 patients, 22.0 %). Many factors can contribute to high susceptibility in these patients; age at transplantation, certain types of viral infections like Epstein-Barr virus, human herpes virus-8, human papilloma virus or chronic usage of immune suppressive agents, type of immune suppressive drugs, and ethnic characteristics. Transplant recipients generally have advanced stage cancers at the time of diagnosis with a poor prognosis. Since some neoplasms are common early detection of cancer is important to decrease cancer related mortality and morbidity. This article considers risk factors and recommendations for early diagnosis of cancer in renal transplant patients.
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Transplante de Rim/efeitos adversos , Neoplasias/diagnóstico , Neoplasias/etiologia , Diagnóstico Precoce , Humanos , Imunossupressores/efeitos adversos , Nefropatias/cirurgia , Transplante de Rim/imunologia , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
Seventy-five living donor liver hepatectomies were performed at our transplantation center between April 1990 and December 2004. We collected the data from patient charts, files, and the Baskent University Liver Registry. There were 39 male and 36 female donors (mean age, 35.1 +/- 9.3 years). We have performed 29 (38.6%) left hepatic lobectomies, 18 (24%) left lateral segmentectomies, 26 (34.6%) right lobectomies, and two (2.6%) donors had simultaneous living donor nephrectomy plus left lobe hepatectomy. The mean remnant liver volume was 598 +/- 168 cm(3) (range, 410-915 cm(3)). The mean percentage of remnant liver for the donor was 55.2%. Mean postoperative hospital stay was 10 +/- 4.4 days. After surgery, there was no mortality or reoperation. We saw 15 (20%) postsurgical complications in 14 donors. Intra-abdominal collection was seen in five (6.6%) patients. Biliary leak was seen in four patients. Portal vein thrombosis was seen in one patient, and a pulmonary embolus developed in one liver donor. Patient safety must be the primary focus in living-donor liver transplantation. These donors face significant risks, including substantial morbidity and death. More experience, improved surgical techniques, and meticulous donor evaluation will help minimize morbidity and mortality for both living liver donors and recipients.
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Hepatectomia/efeitos adversos , Transplante de Fígado , Doadores de Tecidos , Adulto , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Patients poisoned with toxic mushrooms have a spectrum of clinical presentations ranging from gastrointestinal symptoms to fulminant liver failure, and outcomes range from complete recovery to the need for liver transplantation. We reviewed the clinical presentation, course, outcome and management of four children poisoned with mushrooms who developed fulminant liver failure. Although one patient survived, two children died and one underwent living related liver transplantation. Early referral to specialized centers for treatment and for liver transplantation is emphasized.
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Falência Hepática Aguda/etiologia , Transplante de Fígado , Intoxicação Alimentar por Cogumelos/terapia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Encefalopatia Hepática/etiologia , Humanos , Inativação Metabólica , Fígado/patologia , Falência Hepática Aguda/patologia , Falência Hepática Aguda/cirurgia , Masculino , Intoxicação Alimentar por Cogumelos/sangue , Intoxicação Alimentar por Cogumelos/complicações , Intoxicação Alimentar por Cogumelos/patologia , Plasmaferese , Prognóstico , Encaminhamento e ConsultaRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: The major goal of this study is to compare the results of psychiatric morbidity and life quality evaluations in haemodialysis patients and renal transplantation recipients. Additionally, it aims to discuss risk factors for psychiatric morbidity, life quality and medical compliance of these patients in the light of literature review. METHOD: In this study, assessment instruments called Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Short Form-36, Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, Scale for Compliance of Renal Transplantation Recipients, and Questionnaire for Sociodemographic and Health Information were applied to 34 patients treated with haemodialysis and 30 renal transplantation recipients in the treatment programme for 5 years or longer period. RESULTS: 26.6% percent of renal transplantation recipients reported that they had been given unsufficient or no information before transplantation by their doctors. According to 46.6 percent of patients' relatives, patients' compliance for health behavior was in good level. Decrease in education level was predicted higher scores above cut-off point of depression subscale; patient group (renal transplantation versus haemodialysis), decreases in depression-anxiety levels, increase in scores for internal locus of control and marital status (unmarried versus married) predicted better quality of life, physical and mental. CONCLUSION: Findings of this study, such as unsufficient information before transplantation and low treatment compliance, suggest that more sophisticated psychosocial intervention programs focusing on these patients' quality of life, mental health and treatment compliance are necessary.
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Transtorno Depressivo/psicologia , Transplante de Rim/psicologia , Cooperação do Paciente/psicologia , Qualidade de Vida , Diálise Renal/psicologia , Adulto , Feminino , História Antiga , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Escalas de Graduação PsiquiátricaRESUMO
Continuous quality improvement activities are necessary to achieve excellence at any institution. The Baskent University Hospitals have implemented continuous in-service training programs to improve all health services provided. Also, continuing medical education programs are being instituted in organ procurement and transplantation centers. In addition to receiving basic orientation and training upon hiring, transplant coordination staff complete forms that detail their current training status, further job training needed, and other courses of interest. The information is used to monitor skill levels, to determine the success of educational programs, and to identify further education that is needed. Our aim is to improve the quality of transplant coordination activities and increase organ donation at the hospitals in our network through effective monitoring and evaluation of continuous in-service training. These training programs enhance staff members' understanding of and participation in procedures related to transplantation and improves the total quality of the transplantation process. In the near future, this training model may be used to improve the donor hospital education program in Turkey.
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Educação Continuada/organização & administração , Capacitação em Serviço/organização & administração , Equipe de Assistência ao Paciente/organização & administração , Recursos Humanos em Hospital/educação , Gestão da Qualidade Total/organização & administração , Morte Encefálica , Competência Clínica , Currículo , Documentação , Previsões , Objetivos , Hospitais Universitários , Humanos , Modelos Educacionais , Modelos Organizacionais , Avaliação das Necessidades , Transplante de Órgãos/normas , Objetivos Organizacionais , Diretores Médicos/educação , Diretores Médicos/organização & administração , Técnicas de Planejamento , Papel Profissional , Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos/organização & administração , Turquia , Listas de EsperaRESUMO
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on renal function and on development of interstitial fibrosis (IF) in renal allografts. Tubular and interstitial expressions of VEGF and TNF-alpha, and density of macrophages in the interstitium were examined in 92 patients with nonrejected kidneys, acute rejection (AR), chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN), borderline changes (BC) and acute cyclosporin A (CsA) toxicity. Follow-up biopsy specimens from patients with AR and BC were evaluated for development of IF. A significant difference in tubular and interstitial VEGF expressions was found between patients with AR, BC, CAN and CsA toxicity (p < 0.001). Macrophage infiltration was positively correlated with VEGF and TNF-alpha expressions (p < 0.001). VEGF expression increased with increasing expression of TNF-alpha (p < 0.001). Renal function in first 6 months after initial biopsy was better in patients with marked tubular VEGF expression (p < 0.01); however, in follow-up, development of IF and graft loss was found earlier in these patients (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively). Increased renal VEGF expression has protective properties immediately following renal allograft but allows for increased risk of early IF, and therefore poor graft outcome in the long term.