Total Hepatectomy and Liver Transplantation as Two-stage Procedure

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Authors

B. Ringe · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

N Lübbe · Deutsche Gesellschaft für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin

Ernst R. Kuse · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Ulrich Frei · Zentrum für Seelische Gesundheit

R. Pichlmayr · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

Abstract

Two-stage total hepatectomy with temporary portocaval shunt, and subsequent liver transplantation can be a life-saving approach in patients most likely to die of the sequelae of advanced liver or graft necrosis or exsanguination that cannot be controlled by conventional treatment or immediate liver transplantation.

Topics & Keywords

Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Liver Disease and Transplantation Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Surgery

Volume 218, Issue 1, pp. 3-9

DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199307000-00002

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