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Liver Transplant

Research from University of Ulsan provide new insights into liver transplant

Published in Blood Weekly, October 15th, 2009

"The objective Of Our Study was to compare CT and Doppler ultrasound in the diagnosis of hepatic outflow obstruction at the middle hepatic vein (MHV) tributaries and inferior right hepatic veins (RHVs) after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) with modified right lobe grafts. Thirty-seven venographies were performed in 36 patients after LDLT with modified right lobe grafts, evaluating 51 MHV tributaries and 25 inferior RHVs," investigators in Seoul, South Korea report.

"They were classified as obstructed or nonobstructed. On Doppler ultrasound or CT, flow patterns of the MHV tributaries and interior RHVs or the relative parenchymal attenuation, enhancement, and...

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