Liver Transplants
Study results from University Hospital, Department of Surgery provide new insights into liver transplants
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, August 10th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "Liver transplantation across Rh blood group barriers increases the risk of biliary complications. Cold ischemia time and the presence of postoperative hepatic arterial thrombosis have been associated with biliary complications (BC) after liver transplantation. An ABO-incompatible blood group has also been suggested as a factor for predisposal towards BC," researchers in Barcelona, Spain report.
"However, the influence of Rh nonidentity has not been studied previously. Three hundred fifty six liver transplants were performed from 1995 to 2000 at our hospital. BC incidence and risk factors were studied in 345 patients. Seventy...
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