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J Evid Based Med
December 2024
Research Center of Biliary Disease, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Background: Multiple and complicated hepatolithiasis can be associated with decompensated cirrhosis. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is unavailable for multiple and complicated hepatolithiasis, and the mainstay for decompensated cirrhosis is liver transplantation. However, due to the ethical factors and the complexity of operation, liver transplantation cannot be widely operated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score is a widely used tool for quantifying hepatic dysfunction, providing greater accuracy and a wider range of values compared to the Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score, being also used in prioritizing patients who are eligible for liver transplantation. This study assessed the correlation between the MELD score and the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II), a reliable system for categorizing risk levels in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. This retrospective study analyzed data from 589 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases 'Prof.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Viral Hepat
January 2025
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Koç University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey.
In coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), older age and co-morbidities are associated with mortality. Among liver disease aetiologies alcoholic liver disease was associated with mortality. Chronic hepatitis delta (CHD) had not been studied.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBest Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol
December 2024
Aster Integrated Liver Care, Aster Medcity, Kochi, India.
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare and dynamic syndrome occurring as a sequela of severe acute liver injury (ALI). Its mortality ranges from 50% to 75% based on the aetiology, patients age and severity of encephalopathy at admission. With improvement in intensive care techniques, transplant-free survival in ALF has improved over time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiscov Oncol
December 2024
Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Dongguan People's Hospital, Dongguan, 523059, China.
Purpose: This study aim is to evaluate the application of stored autologous blood transfusion in liver cancer surgery and explore its impact on postoperative changes in inflammatory factors and liver function recovery.
Method: The study used a control group (CG) design and included 150 patients who underwent liver cancer surgery. While the observation group (OG) got autologous blood that had been preserved, the CG had a standard allogeneic blood transfusion.
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