title: Liver transplantation following blunt liver trauma.
abstract: Due to developing medical technology worldwide, an increasing number of liver transplantations are performed for various indications. Liver transplantation has a limited but important role in specific life-threatening liver trauma cases, when initial therapeutic options fail to control the bleeding or when liver failure ensues. Herein we have reported a patient who required liver transplantation at 18 days after blunt liver trauma with acute liver failure. This case report suggested that liver transplantation is a potential treatment modality for a selected group of patients including pedratric cases who experience acute or subacute liver failure secondary to blunt trauma.
authors: Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey. hamitsinanh@gmail.com
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Hatipoglu
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Bulbuloglu
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ates
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Kayaalp
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000058:Accidental Falls; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*