Clinical Utility of Hepatic-Perfusion Computerized Tomography in Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: A Preliminary Study
TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, cilt.47, sa.2, ss.399-407, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2015
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2014.11.038
- Dergi Adı: TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.399-407
- Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background. Vascular complications are a primary diagnostic consideration in liver transplant recipients, with an overall incidence of 9%. Cross-sectional imaging techniques provide information regarding vascular structure and luminal patency but can not quantitatively assess hepatocyte damage in the liver graft parenchyma. Perfusion computerized tomography (CT) is a recently developed method that allows for quantitative evaluation of hemodynamic changes in tissue. Our objective was to evaluate the clinical utility of perfusion CT in assessing vascular complications during living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT).