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Liver transplant outcomes have improved substantially over the past decades, for reasons that can be attributed broadly to technical advances in surgical, organ procurement and preservation, anaesthesia and critical care management, and finally post-transplant medical care.
We are seeking contributions that address these improvements in patient care that have translated to improved outcomes; whilst primary focus of this special issue would be on surgical advances in general that led to the current status of liver transplantations as it is of now, including late re-transplantations. This special also would be a forum to focus on the current place in patient care that involves combined solid organ transplants when performed alongside liver transplantation (ex: combined liver-kidney, combined liver-heart or lung and abdominal multi-visceral). The advances made in the latter aspect are important because many patients who did not have a life saving option now are offered a lifeline through dedicated and multi disciplinary approaches.
Other aspects include improved methods of liver preservation such as normothermic liver perfusion, extended use of deceased donor grafts including donation after circulatory death donor liver grafts, improved techniques of living donor evaluation, the role of cross sectional imaging in both pre-operative evaluation and post- operative complication recognition. Peri-operative care advances include better management of intraoperative coagulopathy and assessment, fast-track pathways for post-operative management outside an ICU, improved fluid management intraoperatively and critical care management. Contributions to any of these areas or related topics are sought in order to address progress in liver transplantation.
Our final objective is to highlight the changes that have taken place through generations, for next generation of transplant surgeons to easily access and read at one place and provide an ideal platform for the younger generation to learn from masters of the field who have done it all.
We are seeking contributions that address these improvements in patient care that have translated to improved outcomes; whilst primary focus of this special issue would be on surgical advances in general that led to the current status of liver transplantations as it is of now, including late re-transplantations. This special also would be a forum to focus on the current place in patient care that involves combined solid organ transplants when performed alongside liver transplantation (ex: combined liver-kidney, combined liver-heart or lung and abdominal multi-visceral). The advances made in the latter aspect are important because many patients who did not have a life saving option now are offered a lifeline through dedicated and multi disciplinary approaches.
Other aspects include improved methods of liver preservation such as normothermic liver perfusion, extended use of deceased donor grafts including donation after circulatory death donor liver grafts, improved techniques of living donor evaluation, the role of cross sectional imaging in both pre-operative evaluation and post- operative complication recognition. Peri-operative care advances include better management of intraoperative coagulopathy and assessment, fast-track pathways for post-operative management outside an ICU, improved fluid management intraoperatively and critical care management. Contributions to any of these areas or related topics are sought in order to address progress in liver transplantation.
Our final objective is to highlight the changes that have taken place through generations, for next generation of transplant surgeons to easily access and read at one place and provide an ideal platform for the younger generation to learn from masters of the field who have done it all.
Keywords: Liver Transplantation, Abdominal Transplantation, Critical Care Management, Organ Procurement and Preservation, Solid Organ Transplant, Normothermic Liver Perfusion, Deceased Donor Grafts, Surgical Advances
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