Imaging evaluation of potential donors in living-donor liver transplantation.
Clin Radiol
; 63(2): 136-45, 2008 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18194688
ABSTRACT
Liver transplants, originally obtained from deceased donors, can now be harvested from living donors as well. This technique, called living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT), provides an effective alternative means of liver transplantation and is a method of expanding the donor pool in light of the demand and supply imbalance for organ transplants. Imaging plays an important role in LDLT programmes by providing robust evaluation of potential donors to ensure that only anatomically suitable donors with no significant co-existing pathology are selected and that crucial information that allows detailed preoperative planning is available. Imaging evaluation helps to improve the outcome of LDLT for both donors and recipients, by improving the chances of graft survival and reducing the postoperative complication rate. In this review, we describe the history of LDLT and discuss in detail the application of imaging in donor assessment with emphasis on use of modern computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques.
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Assunto principal:
Transplante de Fígado
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Doadores Vivos
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Fígado
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Hepatopatias
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
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Article