Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
• Tumors
• Hepatoblastoma, HCC, Sarcoma,
Hemangioendothelioma
Etiology
1. Status 1
2. PELD/MELD Score
3. Inactive
PELD Re-certification
Score Recertification Lab Values
• Laboratory tests
• .CXR
• .EKG
• .Hepatology Evaluation H&P
LRLTX Work-up
Recipient
◗ Liver Biopsy
◗ Stress Echo
◗ Other tests or consults to clarify potential problems
uncovered during evaluation
LRLTX: Physiological
Considerations
◗ Graft to Recipient Body Weight
GRBW +
Graft
Outflow Portal _
Capacity Hypertension
Liver Transplantation
◗ Donor Operation
◗ Recipient Operation
Segmental Anatomy of the Liver
Preoperative Evaluation
◗ Donor
• Vascular Anatomy
• HA, PV, HV
• Size of lateral segment-3D US
• Parenchymal abnormalities
• Fatty change, cirrhosis, tumors, gallstones
Role of Ultrasound in OLTX
◗ Preoperative evaluation
◗ Intraoperative evaluation
◗ Post-operative evaluation
• Donor
• Recipient
Intraoperative Evaluation
◗ Donor
• Location of LHV/MHV
• HA
• Benign tumors
◗ Recipient
• Vascular Flows
Liver Transplantation
◗ Postoperative management
• ICU
• Floor
• Immunosuppressants
• Prograf
• Cellcept
• Steroids
◗ Discharge
• Home Care
Post-operative Evaluation
◗ Routine Imaging for 3-5 days
◗ Hepatic Artery
◗ Portal Vein
◗ Hepatic vein
◗ Bile duct
◗ Hematomas/Bilomas
CHHC-UCSD Pediatric Liver
Transplant Program
◗ First Pediatric Liver transplant in San Diego April
1999