Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study was to describe liver regeneration in patients undergoing living-adult liver transplantation. Methods: This prospective study included 10 donors and eight recipients who had a total of 65 computed tomographic (CT) scans. All patients had preoperative CT (n = 18), and follow-up CT scans (n = 47) were obtained for up to 14 months after transplantation. Liver and spleen volumes were measured by hand tracing each organ on the axial portal venous phase images. Results: Both donors and recipients showed immediate increases in liver volume. However, liver regeneration was significantly faster and reached a higher peak in recipients than in donors. Splenic volume in donors demonstrated an initial increase followed by a decline, reaching the preoperative volume after 1 year. Splenic volume in recipients demonstrated immediate decline postoperatively. Conclusion: Restoration of liver volume occurred rapidly after transplantation, but followed different patterns in donors and recipients. Deviation from these patterns warrants further investigation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 53-57 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Abdominal Imaging |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 2003 |
Keywords
- Blood supply
- Computed tomography
- Image processing
- Liver transplantation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Gastroenterology
- Urology
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