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ArticleInternational journal of general medicine2021

Study of Early Postoperative Doppler Changes Post Living Donor Liver Transplantation and Their Impact on Early Mortality and Small-for-Size Syndrome: A Retrospective Study.

Ahmed Salman, Amany Sholkamy, Mohamed Salman, Mahmoud Omar, Amr Saadawy, Ahmed Abdulsamad, Mohamed Tourky, Mohamed D Sarhan, Hossam El-Din Shaaban, Nesrin Abd Allah and 1 more

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Article in International journal of general medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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11 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmed SalmanInternal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0026-0841
Amany SholkamyInternal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-5914-869X
Mohamed SalmanGeneral Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mahmoud OmarInternal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-9743-4398
Amr SaadawyRadiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8964-4923
Ahmed AbdulsamadSurgical Oncology, Alzahra Cancer Center, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Mohamed TourkyGeneral Surgery Department, Omm Elmisrien General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-4783-258X
Mohamed D SarhanGeneral Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Hossam El-Din ShaabanGastroenterology Department, National Hepatology and Tropical Medicine Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-0832-5382
Nesrin Abd AllahAnatomy and Embryology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Menoufia, Egypt.
Mohamed ShawkatInternal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt.
Cairo University · EGAin Shams University · EGDr. Humeira Badsha Medical Center · AEMenoufia University · EGMinia University · EGNational Water Research Center · EG

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Abstract

backgroundAdult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been a common practice because of the deficiency of deceased donor liver transplants. Liver hemodynamics differ substantially between cases with end-stage liver disease undergoing LT because of various degrees of hepatic affection, nature of implicated causative factors, and pathogenesis of the hepatic disorder. The present retrospective study primarily aimed to study the early postoperative doppler changes after adult to adult LDLT. The secondary aim was to assess these hemodynamics' impact on early in-hospital deaths and small for size syndrome (SFSS) development.

methodsThis retrospective work was done on 123 adult cases with end-stage liver disease for whom adult LDLT was performed after exclusion of pediatric patients and those with vascular complications.

resultsPostoperative (PO) mean portal vein velocity (PVV), hepatic artery (HA) peak systolic velocity (PSV), and HA resistivity index (RI) declined gradually but significantly post adult LDLT. Phasicity of hepatic veins changes towards the triphasic waveform gradually in the early PO period. There is a notable negative relationship between PO mean PVV with PO mean HA PSV. Higher PO HA RI affected PO mortality, while higher PO PVV and lower HA PSV increased the incidence of SFSS.

conclusionEarly postoperative Doppler changes post-LDLT (PO PVV, HA RI, and HA PSV) can affect both mortality and SFSS development.

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LDLTmortalitypostoperative dopplersmall-for-size syndrome

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