ObjectiveTo explore risk factors of blood transfusion during liver transplantation and construct its prediction model. MethodsThe patients underwent liver transplantation who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria of this study from March 2020 to December 2020 in the Beijing Youan Hospital of Capital Medical University were retrospectively collected. The univariate and logistic multivariate analysis were used to evaluate the risk factors of blood transfusion during liver transplantation and construct the prediction model for intraoperative blood transfusion. ResultsA total of 151 eligible liver transplantation patients were collected in this study, including 51 non-transfusion patients and 100 transfusion patients. The univariate analysis results showed that the differences of primary diagnosis, preoperative hemoglobin (Hb), platelet count, prothrombin time, international normalized ratio, Child-Turcotte-Pugh score, and end-stage liver disease (MELD) score were statistically different between them (P<0.05). The above variables selected by the univariate analysis were selected by stepwise method, then the preoperative Hb and MELD score were selected into the multivariate logistic regression analysis, the results showed that the preoperative Hb≤113 g/L and MELD score ＞14 increased the risk of blood transfusion during liver transplantation [Hb: OR=6.652, 95%CI (2.282, 19.392), P<0.001; MELD score: OR=16.037, 95%CI (6.336, 40.592), P<0.001]. The logistic regression model predicted the area under receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.873 [95%CI (0.808, 0.919), P<0.001], the sensitivity and specificity were 91.0% and 67.5%, respectively, Youden index was 0.674, the accuracy was 86.1%. ConclusionsResults of this study suggest that preoperative Hb ≤113 g/L and MELD score＞14 increase risk of blood transfusion during liver transplantation. Logistic regression model constructed according to preoperative Hb and MELD score has a better sensitivity and specificity of intraoperative blood transfusion.
Objective To review the advances of livingrelated liver transplantation for children. MethodsOn the basis of the data in Kyoto university, the center of livingrelated liver transplantation in the world, the current situation of livingrelated liver transplantation for children were investigated. ResultsEighty percent of patients who underwent the livingrelated liver transplantation were children with cholestatic liver disease. From the data of 462 cases, the patients’survival rate for 1, 3 and 5 years after livingrelated liver transplantation (79.8%, 77.0% and 77.0% respectively) preceded the survival rate of 129 patients who underwent the whole liver transplantation (76.0%, 70.0% and 65.0% respectively). To the livingrelated liver transplantation, the survival rate was higher for patients who underwent selective operation (85.0%) than emergency surgery (67.0%). The principal causes of death were rejection and infection. Furthermore, a partial orthotopic liver transplantation and livingrelated liver replantation were performed for children. Conclusion Strict indication, optimal health status and perfect postoperative management are the keys to keep patients longterm healthy survival. The curative effect of livingrelated liver transplantation precedes the whole liver transplantation. For children, livingrelated liver transplantation is better than for adults.
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Objective To investigate the surgical technique of reduced sized liver transplantation. Methods A reduced size liver transplantation was successfully performed on a 11-year old girl with incurable caroli′s disease. Results The recovery of liver graft function was good after the operation in this patients without complications. Conclusion Reduced size liver transplantation is a safe and effective technique for pediatric liver transplantation to provide liver graft. Authors introduced their experiences of surgical technique in this patient.
Objective To observe the changes of blood biochemistry during orthotopic liver transplantation in pigs. Methods Fourteen healthy pigs were anesthetized and intubated, the right carotic artery was cannulated for blood pressure monitoring and blood biochemical sampling. The right internal jugular vein was cannulated for central venous pressure monitoring. No exogenous glucose was administrated during operation, the donor liver was perfused with Collin’s solution. During the anhepatic stage, the veno-venous bypass was established, blood was pumped from the portal and femoral veins using an extracorporeal circuit, and returned to the axillary vein. The arterial blood was sampled for monitoring arterial blood gas tensions, Na＋,K＋,Ca2＋, and blood glucose levels.Results During preanhepatic stage, blood glucose levels increased progressively, blood electrolytes and acidbase balance were stable. During anhepatic stage, pH was decreased, base deficit was increased significantly, blood glucose levels were significantly decreased, blood electrolytes were stable. During neohepatic stage, acidosis became more severe, blood potassium increased abruptly on reperfusin of the grafted liver, blood glucose was higher than that in prehepatic and anhepatic stage. Conclusion During operation of liver transplantation, metabolic acidosis developed progressively, blood glucose decreased in anhepatic stage, blood glucose and potassium increased significantly on reperfusion of the grafted liver.
ObjectiveTo investigate pathological changes of liver and risk factors for hepatic injury after trauma, in order to provide the instructions for clinical liver transplantation and accumulate the pathological data. MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 142 patients who died after trauma between January 2010 and December 2014. Based on whether the patients had acute liver damage before dying, they were divided into two groups. The observation group had liver damage before dying, while the control group had not. Combined with the details of trauma, clinical data and autopsy results, we statistically analyzed the pathological changes of liver and risk factors for acute liver damage, including age, gender, trauma kind, trauma site, interval between trauma and hospitalization, damage degree, length of hypotension, the use of more than two vasopressors, large amount of blood transfusion, and complication of shock, infection, or underlying diseases. According to injury severity score (ISS) system, the damage degree was divided into mild damage (ISS<16), moderate damage (ISS≥16 and<25), and severe damage (ISS≥25). ResultsAmong the 142 patients, there were 45 in the observation group with varying degrees of liver cell necrosis, among whom there were 8 mild cases, 14 moderate and 23 severe. There were 97 patients in the control group without acute liver damage, and no significant changes were found in their hepatic tissue. Liver damage was not correlated with age, gender, damage kind, damage site, or pre-hospital time (P>0.05), while it was corrected with the degree of damage, time of hypotension (≥0.5 hour), the use of more than two vasopressors, large amount of blood transfusion (2 000 mL/24 hours), and combination of shock, infection, and other disease except for cardiac and pulmonary diseases (P<0.05). ConclusionWhen using donor livers from patients dying from trauma for transplantation, physicians should be alert to the factors discussed previously which can increase the risk of hepatic injury. Biopsy is useful to assess the suitability of donor livers prior to transplantation.
Objective To establish a reliable rats model of orthotopic liver transplantation with non-heart beating donors. Methods The model was established with modified double-cuff method. According to obtain pre-liver warm ischemia time experiencing non-heart-beat the rats were divided into 3 groups: 10 min (R10 group), 20 min (R20 group) and 30 min (R30 group), then one week survival after operation was compared in rats. Results The operative time of donor was 30 min approximately except warm ischemia time and the cold preservation time of donor liver was 1 h. The anastomotic time for suprahepatic vena cava was 12-22 min (mean 15 min). The anastomotic time for portal vein and infrahepatic vena cava was about 2 min and 1 min, respectively. The anhepatic phase sustained 14-24 min (mean 19 min). The operative time of receptor was 50-65 min (mean 60 min). Twelve rats died at 24 h after operation, which was considered as operative failure. The success rates of operation in R10 group, R20 group, and R30 group were 95% (19/20), 80% (16/20), and 65% (13/20), respectively. After one week the survival rate was 95% (18/19), 81% (13/16), and 54% (7/13), respectively. Conclusions Improved non-heart donor liver transplantation model of rat on the basis of Kamada’s “twocuff technique” acts as a good simulation in clinical non-heart-donor liver transplantation. This study showes that rat liver can tolerate warm ischemia time less than 30 min, the short-term survival after transplantation can reach satisfactory results. However, long-term survival requires further study.
Objective To Investigate the indications, surgical technique and perioperative management of orthotopic liver transplantation.Methods Orthotopic liver transplantation was successfully performed on a unresectable liver cancer on caudate lobe, 2 cases with Caroli’s disease and 7 cases with advanced liver cirrohosis. A 11 year’s old girl with Caroli’s disease was performed on one reduced size liver transplantation (RSLT). Results The recovery of liver graft function was good after the operation in those patients without perioperative death. The case of liver cancer died of recurrent cancer on the 139th postoperative day, 1 case died of severe fungus infection and one died of gastric stress ulcer perforation, other 7 cases recovered well without complications. Conclusion The results suggest that unresectable central liver cancer, terminal liver cirrohosis or benign liver diseases combined with severe liver disfunction are good indications for liver transplantation. Good surgical technique and perioperative management are key points to succucess of the liver transplantation.
ObjectiveTo evaluate the effect of pre-infusion of allogeneic lymphoyctes treated with 5-FU on the rat liver graft. MethodsRat liver transplant models from Wistar to SD were established. Four groups were designed as following: control group: only liver transplantation without any other intervention; lymphocytes group: 1 ml of untreated lymphocytes (5×106/ml) from Wistar rats were preinfused into SD rats on day 7 and 4 separately before transplantation; lymphocytes with low concentration of 5-FU group: low concentration 5-FU (7.5 μg) treated lymphocytes were preinfused as above; lymphocytes with high concentration of 5-FU group: high concentration 5-FU (15 μg) treated lymphocytes were preinfused as above. Fas-L and CD8 expression were detected by immunohistochemistry method on day 7 after transplantation. ResultsThe integral opticaldensity (IOD) of Fas-L positive lymphocytes in the lobules of liver and portal areas were higher in lymphocytes with low concentration of 5-FU group than in the other groups （Plt;0.05）. There was no difference between lymphocyte group and lymphocytes with high concentration of 5-FU group （Pgt;0.05）. The IOD of CD8+ expression in lobules of liver was not different among all the three lymphocytes treated groups （Pgt;0.05）. But in portal areas, CD8+ expression was lower in the lymphocytes with low concentration of 5-FU group than in the other groups （Plt;0.05）. ConclusionPreinfusion of lymphocytes treated with low concentration 5-FU can induce graft immune tolerance, the probable mecanism of which is the increasing Fas-L expression in graft.