Interventional radiology in living donor liver transplant

World J Gastroenterol. 2014 May 28;20(20):6221-5. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i20.6221.

Abstract

The shortage of deceased donor liver grafts led to the use of living donor liver transplant (LDLT). Patients who undergo LDLT have a higher risk of complications than those who undergo deceased donor liver transplantation (LT). Interventional radiology has acquired a key role in every LT program by treating the majority of vascular and non-vascular post-transplant complications, improving graft and patient survival and avoiding, in the majority of cases, surgical revision and/or re-transplant. The aim of this paper is to review indications, diagnostic modalities, technical considerations, achievements and potential complications of interventional radiology procedures after LDLT.

Keywords: Bile duct; Hepatic artery; Hepatic vein; Liver transplant; Living donor liver transplantation; Portal vein.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bile Ducts / pathology
  • Graft Survival
  • Hepatic Artery / pathology
  • Hepatic Veins / pathology
  • Humans
  • Liver Failure / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Failure / therapy*
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Living Donors*
  • Portal Vein / pathology
  • Radiology, Interventional*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler