Living Donor Liver Transplantation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: an Evolving Challenge.
Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti,Malka Nazish,Nusrat Yar Khan,Fazal Manan,Haseeb Haider Zia,Abid Ilyas,Wasib Ishtiaq,Nasir Ayub Khan +7 more
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In this article, outcomes of living donor liver transplantation during the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic were evaluated in an exclusively LDLT center and patients were grouped into pre-COVID (January 2019-February 2020) and COVID (March 2020-January 2021) cohorts.About:
This article is published in Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.The article was published on 2021-06-15 and is currently open access. It has received 6 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Transplantation.read more
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on clinicopathological features of transplant recipients with hepatocellular carcinoma: A case-control study
TL;DR: The liver transplantation for HCC is justified and safe provided that strict surveillance protocols are applied and it is important to develop a surveillance strategy for liver transplant centers.
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Textbook outcome among voluntary donors undergoing major living donor hepatectomy
Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti,Wajih Naqvi,Nazish Ali,Nusrat Yar Khan,Haseeb Haider Zia,Belqees Yawar Faiz,Abid Ilyas,Atif Rana,Nasir Ayub Khan +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper , a single center retrospective review of living liver donors who underwent major living donor hepatectomy (MLDH) between 2012 and 2021 (n = 1022), the rate of TO and its associated factors was determined.
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Challenges of continuation of live liver donor programme during COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan: outcomes and lessons learned.
Abdul Wahab Dogar,Shams Uddin,Abdul Ghaffar,Syed Hasnain Abbas,Hala Izzo,Azhar R. Hussain,Kaleem Ullah,Azam Shoaib,Siraj Ud Din,Bilal Ahmed,Muhammad Ameer Hamza,Munaza Zafar,Muhammad Affan Qaiser,Hamid Raza,Muhammad Asif Baig,Ali Husnain,Khalid Mumtaz +16 more
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of COVID-19 on live liver donor (LLD) program at liver transplant center in Gambat, Pakistan was retrospectively studied, where standard operative procedures (SOPs) including COVID19 nasopharyngeal swab PCR, CT scans, personal protective equipment use, 6-feet distancing were developed for LLD and transplant team to mitigate COVID 19 exposure.
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Dual Graft Living Donor Liver Transplantation for High Acuity Patients: A Single-Center Experience.
TL;DR: In this article , a retrospective review of patients who underwent DGLDLT between 2012 and 2017 (n = 10) showed that the 5-year overall survival was 50% with a median follow-up of 40.4 months.
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Hepatic manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 infection: Clinical and laboratory perspective
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors focused on the clinical presentations and laboratory abnormalities of liver function tests in patients with COVID-19 with no prior liver disease, patients with pre-existing liver diseases and liver transplant recipients.
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