Liver Transplantation in Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Long-Term Survival Results.

Background: Liver transplant (LT) is the treatment of choice for patients diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) within the Milan criteria. Its applicability is limited by the risk for recurrence and the impact on waiting lists. We aimed to describe our results in patients with LT due to HCC and to evaluate its long-term survival outcomes.

Eight Years of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Liver Transplantation: Our Experience.

Liver grafts from donors after cardiac death (DCD) involve a risk of failure owing to warm ischemia, among other factors. To minimize this important issue, new systems like normothermic regional perfusion have arisen. We report an observational and unicentric study focused on the results of liver transplantation after DCD, performing normothermic regional perfusion using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

[Rupture of splenic artery pseudoaneurysm: an unusual cause of upper gastrointetinal bleeding].

Background: Bleeding from a pancreatic pseudocyst is a severe complication after pancreatitis that can lead to a massive gastrointestinal blood loss. Pseudocyst rupture into the stomach is an unusual complication.

Clinical Case: We report the case of a 34-year-old woman with a history of alcoholism and a pancreatic pseudocyst.

[Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture].

Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture is an infrequent lesion that can result from penetrating or blunt trauma to the abdomen or chest. Early diagnosis continues to be a challenge and this type of injury is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult and a high level of suspicion, careful scrutiny of the chest x-ray, and early surgical treatment are required for successful management.