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Interventional radiology in liver transplantation.

Karani JB, Yu DF, Kane PA

King's College Hospital, London, UK. john.karani@kingsch.nhs.uk

Radiology is a key specialty within a liver transplant program. Interventional techniques not only contribute to graft and recipient survival but also allow appropriate patient selection and ensure that recipients with severe liver decompensation, hepatocellular carcinoma or portal hypertension are transplanted with the best chance of prolonged survival. Equally inappropriate selection for these techniques may adversely affect survival. Liver transplantation is a dynamic field of innovative surgical techniques with a requirement for interventional radiology to parallel these developments. This paper reviews the current practice within a major European center for adult and pediatric transplantation.

Published 3 June 2005 in Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol, 28(3): 271-83.
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