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Title: Perioperative Complications and Long-Term Follow-Up of Liver Transplantation in Hemorrhagic Hereditary Telangiectasia: Report of Three Cases and Systematic Review
Author: Riera Mestre, Antoni
Cerdà, Pau
Guzmán, Yoelimar Carolina
Iriarte, Adriana
Torroella, Alba
Mora Luján, José María
Castellote, Jose
Hessheimer, Amelia
Fondevila Campo, Constantino
Lladó, Laura
Keywords: Trasplantament hepàtic
Hepatic transplantation
Issue Date: 24-Sep-2022
Publisher: MDPI AG
Abstract: The aim was to describe three patients with hemorrhagic hereditary telangiectasia (HHT) requiring liver transplantation (LT) and to perform a systematic review focusing on surgical complications and long-term follow-up. Unrestricted searches of the Medline and Embase databases were performed through February 2022. Forty-five studies were selected including 80 patients plus the three new reported patients, 68 (81.9%) were female and mean age was 50 (27-72) years. Main indications for LT were high-output cardiac failure (n = 40; 48.2%), ischemic cholangitis (n = 19; 22.9%), and a combination of both conditions (n = 13;15.6%). Mean cold ischemic time and red blood cell units transfused during LT were 554 (300-941) minutes and 11.4 (0-88) units, respectively. Complications within 30 days were described in 28 (33.7%) patients, mainly bleeding complications in 13 patients, hepatic artery (HA) thrombosis in four and hepatic vein thrombosis in one. Mean follow-up was 76.4 (1-288) months, and during it, four new patients developed thrombotic complications in HA, HA aneurysm, celiac artery, and the portal-splenic-mesenteric vein. HHT relapse in the transplant allograft was detected in 13 (17.1%) patients after 1-19 years (including two fatal recurrences). Overall mortality was 12%. In conclusion, previous assessment of HA anatomy and hyperdynamic circulatory state could reduce LT complications. The risk of relapse in the hepatic graft supports a multidisciplinary follow-up for HHT patients with LT.
Note: Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11195624
It is part of: Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022, vol. 11, núm. 19, p. 5624
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2445/190272
Related resource: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11195624
ISSN: 2077-0383
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