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Study Results from Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Broaden Understanding of Thrombosis

Published in Blood Weekly, April 12th, 2012

2012 APR 12 -- Research findings, "Using ileocolic artery for successful graft salvage in a recipient with hepatic artery thrombosis after living donor liver transplantation: case report," are discussed in a new report. According to the authors of recent research from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, "Hepatic artery (HA) occlusion is a sinister complication after liver transplantation. It frequently leads to graft loss if untreated."

"Urgent arterial reconstruction with thrombectomy may reduce the need for retransplantation. Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) offers further challenges due to smaller-caliber vessels, shorter vascular stumps, and occasional multiple...

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