ALLMedicine™ Liver Transplantation Center

Aug 8th, 2022 - Secondary sclerosing cholangitis (SSC) is a progressive disease with high mortality and characterized by chronic inflammation and biliary obstruction. Therapeutic options are limited. The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the effects...

Aug 7th, 2022 - Metamizole, or dipyrone, is a frequently prescribed analgetic drug that can cause drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Still, there are only a few metamizole-associated DILI cases (n = 61, including our study) described in the literature. So far live...

Aug 7th, 2022 - Failures have been reported across the cancer care continuum in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); however, the impact of treatment delays on outcomes has not been well characterized. We described the prevalence of treatment delays in a...

Aug 7th, 2022 - After several cases of peculiar hematological malignancies following introduction of new oral anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments in our recent practice, we aimed to systematically identify all cases of hematological malignancies (HM) in patie...

Aug 6th, 2022 - Post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cholangiopathy (PCC) is a new entity observed in patients recovering from severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Most patients recover with cholestasis improving over a period of time. In some patients cholestasis is s...

Aug 1st, 2021 - The field of liver transplantation directly or indirectly embodies all liver diseases, in addition to specific ones related to organ rejection (cellular and humoral). The recommended non-invasive methods for determining the indication for liver tr...

May 29th, 2021 - Donation after circulatory death (DCD) grafts are commonly used in liver transplantation. Attributable to the additional ischemic event during the donor warm ischemia time (DWIT), DCD grafts carry an increased risk for severe ischemia/reperfusion ...

May 10th, 2021 - Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a multimodal, evidence-based, program of care developed to minimize the response to surgical stress, associated with reduced perioperative morbidity and hospital stay. This study presents the specific ERAS...

Mar 25th, 2021 - Recent trials in liver machine perfusion (MP) have revealed unique challenges beyond those seen in most clinical studies. Correct trial design and interpretation of data are essential to avoid drawing conclusions that may compromise patient safety...

Mar 7th, 2021 - Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are an increasingly more common source of livers for transplantation in many parts of the world. Events that occur during DCD liver recovery have a significant impact on the success of subsequent trans...

Aug 5th, 2022 - Background: Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) of the gastrointestinal tract and pancreas are a rare and heterogeneous, but clinically important, group of neoplasms with unique tumor biology, natural history, and clinical management issues. While the tr...

Aug 5th, 2022 - A. Primary Aim To determine the safety and efficacy of tafamidis in patients who have undergone heart or combined heart/liver transplantation for ATTR (wild-type or variant) cardiac amyloidosis. Primary Hypothesis. Initiation of the TTR stabilizer...

Aug 4th, 2022 - Familial hypercholesterolemia is an autosomal co-dominant disorder resulting in abnormal LDL receptor function, profoundly elevated concentrations of low density lipoproteins, accelerated atherosclerosis and death by early adulthood. This disease ...

Aug 4th, 2022 - Alagille syndrome (ALGS, OMIM 118450) is an important cause of chronic cholestasis in children, and the incidence rate is about 1:30000~1:50000. Most patients with ALGS have hypercholesterolemia. In severe cases, multiple xanthomas can be seen, an...

Aug 4th, 2022 - Liver cancer in adult men is the fifth most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide, and is the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. In adult women, it is the seventh most commonly diagnosed cancer and the sixth leading cause o...

Jul 29th, 2022 - Past decompensation in alcohol-associated hepatitis may be linked with worse survival following liver transplantation, but it's not all bad news, according to a retrospective study. Traditionally, patients with alcoholic liver disease were asked t...

Jul 25th, 2022 - Past decompensation in alcohol-associated hepatitis may be linked with worse survival following liver transplantation, but it’s not all bad news, according to a retrospective study. Traditionally, patients with alcoholic liver disease were asked t.

Jul 13th, 2022 - While two new studies reiterate a possible relationship between adenovirus 41 and acute hepatitis of unknown cause in children, whether these infections are significant or merely bystanders remains unclear. In both studies — one conducted in Alaba...

Jul 6th, 2022 - LONDON – Substantial reductions in liver fat and fibrosis can be achieved with statin therapy, according to research presented at the annual International Liver Congress sponsored by the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Statins are...

Jul 5th, 2022 - LONDON – Substantial reductions in liver fat and fibrosis can be achieved with statin therapy, according to research presented at the annual International Liver Congress sponsored by the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Statins are.