Clinical Utility of Hepatic-Perfusion Computerized Tomography in Living-Donor Liver Transplantation: A Preliminary Study

Kantarci M., PIRIMOGLU B., ÖZTÜRK G., AYDINLI B., OĞUL H., Okur A., ...Daha Fazla

TRANSPLANTATION PROCEEDINGS, cilt.47, sa.2, ss.399-407, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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).