Open Abdominal Management for Damage Control in Liver Transplantation: A Single-center Experience.

Takanobu Hara Akihiko Soyama Hajime Matsushima Hajime Imamura Mampei YamashitaHironori IshizakiRintaro YanoSojiro MatsumotoTaiga IchinomiyaUshio HigashijimaMotohiro SekinoMasayuki FukumotoKazushige MigitaYuta KawaguchiTomohiko AdachiTetsuya Hara Susumu Eguchi

Published in: Transplantation direct (2024)

Open abdominal management can be a crucial option in cases of complex liver transplant complicated by conditions such as hypothermia, acidosis, coagulopathy, and hemodynamic instability. Damage control management minimizes deterioration of the patient's condition during surgery, allowing completion of the planned procedure after stabilizing the patient's overall condition in the ICU.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
case report
oxidative stress
intensive care unit
cardiac arrest
brain injury
percutaneous coronary intervention
surgical site infection