Publications by authors named "Ahmed Mohamed Sultan"

Background: De novo malignancies are a major reason of long-term mortalities after liver transplantation. However, they usually receive minimal attention from most health care specialists. The current study aims to evaluate our experience of de novo malignancies after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

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Background: Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block is a promising technique for analgesia after abdominal surgery. This prospective, randomized controlled trial assessed the effect of adding dexmedetomidine to bupivacaine in TAP block for donor hepatectomy. We hypothesized that this would improve postoperative morphine consumption and reduce analgesia related complication and inflammation.

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Introduction: Spontaneous migration of synthetic grafts had been described after abdominal vascular procedures into the duodenum and small bowel. In the setting of liver transplantation, synthetic grafts are commonly used for overcoming shortened or poor-quality vasculatures. We describe a case of spontaneous migration of thrombosed synthetic vascular graft after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT).

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Introduction: In adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), maintenance of adequate portal inflow is essential for the graft regeneration. Portal inflow steal (PFS) may occur due to presence of huge spontaneous porto-systemic collaterals. A surgical procedure to increase the portal inflow is rarely necessary in adult LDLT.

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Introduction: The early hepatic venous outflow obstruction (HVOO) is a rare but serious complication after liver transplantation, which may result in graft loss. We report a case of early HVOO after living donor liver transplantation, which was managed by ectopic placement of foley catheter.

Presentation: A 51 years old male patient with end stage liver disease received a right hemi-liver graft.

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We report our experience with potential donors for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), which is the first report from an area where there is no legalized deceased donation program. This is a single center retrospective analysis of potential living donors (n = 1004) between May 2004 and December 2012. This report focuses on the analysis of causes, duration, cost, and various implications of donor exclusion (n = 792).

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