Publications by authors named "Hamad M Al Bahili"
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- The study aimed to assess how sonography can help identify and characterize complications after liver transplants using gray scale and color Doppler imaging.
- Conducted at Prince Sultan Military Medical City, the research involved analyzing the medical records of 122 liver transplant patients, mainly middle-aged males with hepatitis B and liver cancer as common reasons for surgery.
- Results indicated that biliary and vascular complications were prevalent post-transplant, with portal vein thrombosis being particularly significant, while normal Doppler findings stabilized within a week after surgery, emphasizing the importance of ultrasound in monitoring graft health.
Background: Despite advances in treatment, pancreatic cancer frequently has a low survival rate due to its advanced-stage diagnosis. Treatment focuses on prolonging survival and maintaining quality of life. This study investigates the characteristics associated with survival in advanced pancreatic cancer patients treated at a single academic cancer center in Najran, Saudi Arabia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBACKGROUND Delayed graft function (DGF) is defined as failure of the transplanted kidney to function in the early -post-transplant period. DGF is a rare complication after living donor kidney transplant and is most common after deceased donor kidney transplant, probably due to prolonged warm and cold ischemia times during retrieval. Most cases of DGF resolve spontaneously within days to weeks.
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