...Kerstin Herzer; Angela Papadopoulos-Köhn; Andreas Walker; Anne Achterfeld; Andreas Paul; Ali Canbay; Jörg Timm; Guido Gerken Background: Recurrent hepatitis C infection after liver transplantation (LT) is associated with lower rates of graft and patient survival. Methods: Here we describe the first...

...Katja Piras-Straub; Khaleda Khairzada; Guido Gerken; Fuat Saner; Jürgen Treckmann; Andreas Paul; Ali Canbay; Kerstin Herzer Background: Although long-term survival rates for patients undergoing liver transplant (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) are good, the relatively high rate of tumor...

.... Curative treatment options are limited to early stage disease, and include surgical resection and liver transplantation after neoadjuvant therapy. This underscores the importance of early detection, and the need for development of innovative diagnostic tools such as biomarkers. A dense desmoplastic tumor...

... centers screen their PSC patients for CCA prior to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) (89%). Serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography are first-line screening tools (93 and 84% respectively). Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with biliary brushings...

...) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) as bridging therapy for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) awaiting orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and to evaluate the histopathological response in explant specimens. Materials and Methods: Between April 2001 and November 2011, 36 patients with 50 HCC nodules (1.4...

...-positive hepatocytes [ 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 ]. However, there is no clinical evidence to confirm the efficacy of UDCA administration after OLT. Bile acids Biliary complications Liver transplantation Ursodeoxycholic acid Although the overall results of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. 2012 Acute liver failure Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 Liver transplantation Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 Prognosis Acute liver failure (ALF) is the clinical manifestation of liver cell death...

... women and 24 men with a mean age of 55 years. The median MELD score was 27 at the time of liver transplantion. BMI before surgery ranged from 21 to 45 (mean 31). Sixteen of the initial 40 patients are still alive. Patients with sustained obesity and features of the metabolic syndrome had a worse 1-year...

...Min-ru Li; Gui-hua Chen; Chang-jie Cai; Guo-ying Wang; Hui Zhao Aim: To analyze the relationship between hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) patients. Methods: 340 HBV patients with OLT were included in the study; among...

...Christian Lersch; Markus Seige; Walter Natrath; Wolfgang Heidecke; Christian Wittekind; Meinhard Classen; Wolfgang Schepp We report the case of a 68-year-old woman who underwent liver transplantation because of hepatitis-C-induced cirrhosis. She developed iodine-induced hyperthyroidism...

...Andreja Frilling; X. Rogiers; W.T. Knöfel; C.E. Broelsch Seven patients with symptomatic metastatic neuroendocrine tumors (6 carcinoids, 1 malignant insulinoma) were referred for liver transplantation. In 5 patients extrahepatic tumor dissemination demonstrated by octreotide scintigraphy...

..., with a frequency of 15%. We report the clinical course of a heterozygous female patient and discuss the therapeutic options, including hemodialysis and continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration for reduction of ammonia levels as well as liver transplantation as a definitive therapy. 15 11 1994 11 03 1996...

...N.D. de Koning; E.B. Haagsma We studied menstrual abnormalities before and after liver transplantation in 31 women. The incidence of menstrual abnormalities is high before transplantation. Soon after transplantation, in most patients below 45 years of age, the menstrual pattern normalizes...

... studies have been performed. Such studies are hampered by the lack of strict surgical programs running over long periods and the relative rarity of NE tumours. Liver transplantation may be another treatment modality in selected cases. Originally, carcinoid tumours denoted all gastroenteropancreatic...

...Christian Rust; Horst Rau; Alexander L. Gerbes; Gerd R. Pape; Mathias Haller; Hans-Jörg Krämling; Friedrich W. Schildberg; Gustav Paumgartner; Ulrich Beuers Background/Aims: Liver transplantation (LTx) is the only established treatment in patients with end-stage primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC...