title: Vascular complications following liver transplantation: A literature review of advances in 2015.
abstract: Although vascular complications (VCs) following orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) seldom occur, they are the most feared complications with a high incidence of both graft loss and mortality, as they compromise the blood flow of the transplant (either inflow or outflow). Diagnosis and therapeutic management of VCs constitute a major challenge in terms of increasing the success rate of liver transplantation. While surgical treatment used to be considered the first choice for management, advances in endovascular intervention have increased to make this a viable therapeutic option. Considering VC as a rare but a major and dreadful issue in OLT history, and in view of the continuing and rapid progress in recent years, an update on these uncommon conditions seemed necessary. In this sense, this review comprehensively discusses the important features (epidemiological, clinical, paraclinical, prognostic and therapeutic) of VCs following OLT.
authors.affiliation: Tullio Piardi, Martin Lhuaire, Reza Kianmanesh, Daniele Sommacale, Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51100 Reims, France.
authors.forename: Tullio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Piardi
authors.affiliation: Tullio Piardi, Martin Lhuaire, Reza Kianmanesh, Daniele Sommacale, Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51100 Reims, France.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lhuaire
authors.affiliation: Tullio Piardi, Martin Lhuaire, Reza Kianmanesh, Daniele Sommacale, Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51100 Reims, France.
authors.forename: Onorina
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.affiliation: Tullio Piardi, Martin Lhuaire, Reza Kianmanesh, Daniele Sommacale, Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51100 Reims, France.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Memeo
authors.affiliation: Tullio Piardi, Martin Lhuaire, Reza Kianmanesh, Daniele Sommacale, Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51100 Reims, France.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pessaux
authors.affiliation: Tullio Piardi, Martin Lhuaire, Reza Kianmanesh, Daniele Sommacale, Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51100 Reims, France.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kianmanesh
authors.affiliation: Tullio Piardi, Martin Lhuaire, Reza Kianmanesh, Daniele Sommacale, Department of General, Digestive and Endocrine Surgery, Hôpital Robert Debré, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, 51100 Reims, France.
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sommacale
keywords: Endovascular intervention; Liver transplantation; Orthotopic liver transplantation; Vascular complications