Changes in serum bone metabolism markers after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) and their association with fracture occurrences

SJ Kuo, CL Chen, SH Chen, JY Ko - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is lifesaving, but can lead to osteoporosis and
fractures. In our 3-year study of 25 LDLT recipients, we observed significant reductions in …

Liver transplantation for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: who, when and how

P Achurra, E Fernandes, G O'Kane… - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Liver transplantation for the management of patients with unresectable iCCA is currently a
reality under strict research protocols. Who is a candidate for transplantation, when to use …

[HTML][HTML] The role of living donor liver transplantation in treating intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

W Andraus, G Ochoa, RB de Martino… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Method This study is a comprehensive review of the global experience in living donor LT
(LDLT) for treating iCC and describes our first case of LDLT for an unresectable iCC. Results …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of socioeconomic factors on liver transplant survival outcomes in patients with autoimmune liver disease in the United States

L Sierra, A Marenco-Flores, R Barba, D Goyes… - Annals of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction and Objectives Autoimmune liver diseases (AILDs): autoimmune
hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) …

Recipient Survival among Living Donor vs. Deceased Donor Liver Transplants for Acute Liver Failure in the United States

E Moughames, M Gurakar, A Khan, M Alsaqa… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Objectives: Acute liver failure (ALF) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Timely
liver transplantation (LT) is the only universally accepted therapy for ALF that is non …

Two Decades of Liver Transplants for Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Comparative Study of Living Donors vs. Deceased Donor Liver Transplantations

E Medina-Morales, M Ismail, R Barba Bernal… - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) prompts liver transplantation (LT) due to cholestasis,
cirrhosis, and liver failure. Despite lower MELD scores, recent studies highlight higher PBC …

Autoimmune Hepatitis Management: Recent Advances and Future Prospects

R Sierra, A Marenco-Flores, M Alsaqa, R Barba… - Livers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a varied inflammatory chronic liver disease. AIH's prevalence
varies and has increased recently. Diagnosis involves the discovery of histologic features …

A confounder debiasing method for RCT-like comparability enables Machine Learning-based personalization of survival benefit in living donor liver transplantation

A Gangadhar, BJ Hasjim, X Zhao, Y Sun, J Chon… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Many clinical questions in medicine cannot be answered through randomized controlled
trials (RCTs) due to ethical or feasibility constraints. In such cases, observational data is …

Play it safe: renal function after bilateral flexible ureteroscopy for kidney stones

FCM Torricelli, GS Marchini, C Batagello, FC Vicentini… - 2024 - observatorio.fm.usp.br
Purpose We searched for perioperative renal function deterioration risk factors in patients
that underwent bilateral flexible ureteroscopy (fURS) for kidney stones. Methods From …