Pregnancy after liver transplantation. How safe? A retrospective case-series study in a large tertiary hospital.

Objective: To study pregnancies achieved after liver transplantation in terms of obstetric complications, maternal, neonatal outcomes and post-pregnancy allograft function.

Methods: A retrospective study of prospectively collected data was conducted, enrolling women with a history of liver transplantation performed in the Transplantation Unit of our hospital that delivered in our department. Obstetric characteristics and antenatal complications were reviewed.

HCC influence on patient survival after liver transplantation for HDV cirrhosis.

Background/aims: The effect of hepatocellular cancer (HCC) in patients transplanted for hepatitis B and D virus (HB/DV) cirrhosis is not well studied. Our aim was to study the long-term survival outcomes of patients who underwent liver transplantation for HB/DV cirrhosis with and without HCC.

Methodology: A total of 231 primary, adult, single- organ liver transplants were performed from 1990 to 2007.

Liver transplantation in Greek children: 15 years experience.

Liver transplantation (LT) is the only available live-saving procedure for children with irreversible liver failure. This paper reports our experience from the follow-up of 16 Greek children with end-stage liver failure who underwent a LT. Over a period of 15 years, 16 pediatric liver recipients received follow up after being subjected to OLT (orthotopic liver transplantation) due to end-stage liver failure.

The natural history of vascular access for hemodialysis: a single center study of 2,422 patients.

Background: Our objective is to provide provision of primary and secondary patency rates data and incidence of complications. Despite the publication of some review articles and small prospective trials about vascular accesses, controversy still exists regarding the choice of the outflow conduit and especially the choice of the fistula to be formed in secondary and tertiary access procedures.

Methods: This is a retrospective study of 2,422 consecutive patients who underwent 3,685 vascular access procedures in a tertiary care hospital, including radial-cephalic (RCAVF), brachial-cephalic (BCAVF), brachial-basilic (BBAVF), and prosthetic graft (PTFE) fistulas.