A clinicopathological analysis of liver retransplantation in 22 cases / 中华肝脏病杂志
Chinese Journal of Hepatology
; (12): 370-373, 2007.
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To analyze the clinical and pathological features of patients with liver retransplantation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The clinical and pathological data of 22 patients who had liver retransplantation at our center from October 2003 to June 2006 were retrospectively analyzed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among the 523 patients who underwent liver transplantation, 22 (4.4%) had liver retransplantation. The causes of liver retransplantation were biliary tract complications (13/22), hepatic artery thrombosis (3/22), recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (5/22) and nonfunctional primary graft (1/22). The pathological changes in the livers of patients with biliary complications were intrahepatic cholestasis, primary bile duct hyperplasia and neutrophil infiltrations.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Biliary tract complications are the main cause of liver retransplantation. Differential diagnosis of various complications through early liver puncture biopsy and imaging examination will contribute to guide clinical treatment and may help in avoiding liver retransplantation.</p>
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Main subject:
Pathology
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Reoperation
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Retrospective Studies
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Liver Transplantation
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Transplants
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Graft Survival
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Liver
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Hepatology
Year:
2007
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Article