Herein, we describe two patients who underwent liver transplantation with the clinical diagnosis of hepatic failure and cryptogenic cirrhosis; histopathology of the explanted hepatectomy specimen revealed congenital hepatic fibrosis. To the best of our knowledge, coexistence of hepatic failure and cirrhosis in congenital hepatic fibrosis, have not yet been reported in the English literature.

Two patients sustained massive hepatic injuries from blunt trauma in motor vehicle accidents. At the time of operation, nonreconstructable injuries to the porta hepatis were found in addition to destruction of the right lobe. Life-threatening hemorrhage was controlled, but both patients were left with nonfunctional or inadequate hepatic remnants. Liver transplantation was performed. Both patien...

Gastrointestinal bleeding caused by peptic ulcer or portal hypertension is a serious complication in liver transplant recipients. However, Gastrointestinal bleeding from hepatic artery origin after liver transplantation is rare. We report duodenal massive bleeding secondary to erosion of hepatic artery after liver transplantation in two patients. This was diagnosed by angiography and treated su...

A patient with friable hepatic artery and poor hepatic arterial inflow, portal vein thrombosis and serious gastroesophageal varices underwent modified piggyback liver transplantation. The hepatic artery was reconstructed by interposing donor’s iliac arterial conduit anastomosed to the infrarenal aorta, while the portal vein flow was ensured by the interposition of donor’s iliac venous graft. Th...

Emergent abdominal surgery in cirrhotic patients with ascites can result in dismal postoperative outcomes such as sepsis and hepatic failure. In the present case, small bowel resection followed by anastomosis by the hand-sewn method was performed for small bowel strangulation caused by an umbilical hernia; deceased donor liver transplantation was performed one week after the bowel resection bec...

Cerebral injury may persist and brain death may occur following an emergency liver transplantation (LT) for fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) even if the graft functions well. We herein present two patients developing brain death following emergency LT for FHF. How to cite this article Akoglu M, Sürmelioglu A, Ozer I, Ercan M, Ulas M, Akdogan M, Bostanci EB. Brain Death after Liver Transplantat...

Hepatic veno-occlusive disease is defined as nonthrombotic fibrous obliterative endophlebitis of small centrilobular hepatic venules. Clinically, patients present with elevated liver enzymes and a triad of jaundice, hepatomegaly and ascites. Although reported as a complication of other solid organ and stem cell transplantation, there have been no reported cases to date of veno-occlusive disease...

STUDIES of haptoglobin, 1-3 group-specific component,3,4 and numerous other products of hepatic synthesis59 have shown that liver homografts permanently retain their original metabolic specificity after transplantation. Consequently, liver transplantation has been regarded for some years4 as a potentially decisive way to treat those inborn errors of metabolism which result partly or completely ...