Norepinephrine boluses for the prevention of post-reperfusion syndrome in living donor liver transplantation: A prospective, open-label, single-arm feasibility trial.

Background And Aims: Post-reperfusion syndrome (PRS) is a serious haemodynamic event during liver transplantation (LT), which increases early graft dysfunction and mortality. This study aimed to test the efficacy and safety of norepinephrine (NE) boluses to prevent PRS during orthotopic LT.

Methods: This feasibility phase II trial prospectively recruited a single arm of 40 patients undergoing living donor LT.

Intraoperative Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter as a Predictor of Early Tacrolimus Neurotoxicity after Living Donor Liver Transplantation.

Background: During liver transplantation, graft reperfusion triggers cerebral hyperemia, increases intracranial pressure, and disrupts the blood-brain barrier, thereby increasing the risk for immunosuppression neurotoxicity. Therefore, we tested the intraoperative optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) for predicting tacrolimus neurotoxicity after liver transplantation.

Basic Procedures: We prospectively included 100 adult patients who underwent living donor liver transplantation.

Comparison of chest CT severity scoring systems for COVID-19.

Purpose: To compare the diagnostic performance and inter-observer agreement of five different CT chest severity scoring systems for COVID-19 to find the most precise one with the least interpretation time.

Methods And Materials: This retrospective study included 85 patients (54 male and 31 female) with PCR-confirmed COVID-19. They underwent CT to assess the severity of pulmonary involvement.

Internal hernia of the small intestine around biliary catheter after living-donor liver transplantation: A case report.

Introduction: Biliary reconstruction is a cornerstone of living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT). The routine uses of trans-anastomotic biliary catheters in biliary reconstruction had been a controversial issue. We describe a rare complication related to the use of trans-anastomotic biliary catheter after LDLT.