The continued success of liver transplantation over the past quarter century can be attributed to a number of factors: better understanding of disease pathophysiology, enhanced intraoperative management, and improved posttransplantation care, to name a few. Atop this list, however, is…
As discussed in Chapter 69 , there are various potential severe surgical and medical complications that may occur immediately after liver transplantation. Once a patient has been transferred out of the intensive care unit, the focus shifts more to rehabilitation,…
Irreversible kidney failure was once considered an absolute contraindication to liver transplantation alone. Three decades ago the first combined liver and kidney transplantation (CLKT) was performed by Margreiter et al. Interestingly, the recipient, a 32-year-old man with hepatitis B cirrhosis, had…