Surgical Procedures in Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation: Complications and Impact on the Liver Function.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Potential indications for surgery frequently arise in patients awaiting liver transplantation. There is a risk of hepatic decompensation and death triggered by surgical trauma, but this has not been studied in detail in this unique population. We aimed to quantify the impact of surgical interventions in patients awaiting liver transplantation on hepatic function and identify risk factors for decompensation.

Methods

All surgeries between 2000 and 2018 in patients awaiting liver transplantation in a highvolume German liver transplant center were analyzed retrospectively. Change in liver function measured as indicated by MELD score was assessed and complication rates recorded. The primary endpoint was a composite of an increase in MELD score by > 5 points or death. A

SUBMITTER: Honerkamp I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8766540 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature