Imaging in pediatric liver transplantation.
Radiol Med
; 121(5): 378-90, 2016 May.
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| ID: mdl-26909515
ABSTRACT
Liver transplantation has become an established curative treatment in adult patients with acute or chronic end-stage liver diseases. In pediatric cases the number of cadaveric donor livers is not sufficient and to overcome the shortage of appropriate-sized whole liver grafts, technical variants of liver transplantation have been practiced. Reduced-size cadaveric and split cadaveric allografts have become an important therapeutic option, expanding the availability of size-appropriate organs for pediatric recipients with terminal liver disease. The number of pediatric deaths awaiting liver transplantation has been reduced by the introduction of living-related liver transplantation, developed to overcome the shortage of suitable grafts for children. It is important for radiologists to know that children have distinct imaging of liver transplantation that distinguish them from adults. A multidisciplinary pediatric liver transplantation team should be skilled in pediatric conditions and in associated processes, risks and complications. Radiologists should know the common pediatric liver diseases that lead to liver transplantation, the anastomotic techniques and the expected postoperative imaging findings. The aim of this study is to illustrate the role of non-invasive imaging such us ultrasonography, color Doppler ultrasonography, multidetector computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of pediatric liver transplantation and in potential liver donors.
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Texto completo:
1
Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Imagen por Resonancia Magnética
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Trasplante de Hígado
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Ultrasonografía Doppler en Color
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Tomografía Computarizada Multidetector
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Hepatopatías
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Radiol Med
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia