[Computed tomographic studies following segmental liver transplantation from living donors: the anatomy and pathological findings]

Rofo. 1994 Nov;161(5):417-24. doi: 10.1055/s-2008-1032559.
[Article in German]

Abstract

A lack of suitable pediatric donors and significantly better results than conventional transplantation have contributed to the steady increase in the number of segmental liver transplants from living donors throughout the world. This article describes the diagnostic impact of axial CT scans following transplantation in a retrospective evaluation of 18 CT examinations of 10 children with an average age of two years. Both spiral and conventional CT scans permit precise visualization of the postoperative anatomy of the upper abdomen that is more distinct than the images provided by ultrasonic scans. Thus, CT scans better facilitate detection of pathological findings. In 60% of the patients (67% of the examinations), the CT scan permitted a definite diagnosis; in the remaining cases, no morphological correlate to the clinical and laboratory findings was detected. In addition to traditional ultrasonic scanning, computed tomography represents a further noninvasive imaging technique for postoperative diagnostics following segmental liver transplants from living donors.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Transplantation / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Transplantation / pathology
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / pathology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Tissue Donors*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed* / instrumentation
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed* / methods
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed* / standards