Obesity and metabolic complications of liver transplantation
β Scribed by Kymberly D. S. Watt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 159 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1527-6465
- DOI
- 10.1002/lt.22155
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Reduced-organ liver transplantation for children is effective in lowering pretransplantation morbidity and mortality. Improvements in surgical technique have reduced vascular complications; however, biliary complications continue to account for significant posttransplantation morbidity. This investi
C omplications of liver transplantation unfortu- nately occur, and they occur in patients who often have had serious and complex medical problems before transplantation. Metabolic, physiological, and pharmacodynamic changes greatly affect their preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care. T
We studied neuromuscular complications in a cohort of 520 patients with liver transplantation. Perioperative mononeuropathy developed in 9 patients. The peroneal nerve, radial nerve, and cutaneous branch of the femoral nerve were affected in 2 patients each. Two patients had herpes zoster-associated