Anesthetic management for orthotopic liver transplantation.

Orthotopic liver transplantation for carcinoid tumour metastatic to the liver: anesthetic management.

PURPOSE To report the anesthetic management of a patient with carcinoid tumour metastatic to the liver who presented for orthotopic liver transplantation. Anesthetic implications of metastatic carcinoid tumour on liver transplantation and the use of octreotide are discussed. CLINICAL FEATURES A 51-yr-old woman with intestinal carcinoid tumour metastatic to the liver presented for orthotopic l...

Orthotopic liver transplantation for alcoholic liver disease.

Alcohol abuse is the most common cause of end-stage liver disease in the United States, but many transplant centers are unwilling to accept alcoholic patients because of their supposed potential for recidivism, poor compliance with the required immunosuppression regimen and resulting failure of the allograft. There is also concern that alcohol-induced injury in other organs will preclude a good...

Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

Orthotopic Liver Transplantation

A 7-year-old girl with progressive ataxia, spasticity, supranuclear ophthalmoplegia, and sea-blue histiocytes in her bone marrow underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. After an initial period of stabilization, she has shown progression of neurologic symptoms with recurrence of storage material in the transplanted liver. Pediatrics 1986;77:104-106; lipidosis, se...

Orthotopic Liver Transplantation for Etanercept-Induced Acute Hepatic Failure; a case report

The occurrence of hepatotoxicity following etanercept (tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonist) prescription, has been studied well. However, an acute hepatic failure leading to liver transplant as an adverse effect of this drug has not been reported in the literature. In this article, we are going to present a case of acute liver failure followed by liver transplantation, in a 32 years old man ...