Postoperative decrease in plasma acyl ghrelin levels after pediatric living donor liver transplantation in association with hepatic damage due to ischemia and reperfusion injury.
Masahiro ZenitaniHiroshi HosodaTasuku KodamaRyuta SakaYuichi TakamaTakehisa UenoYuko TazukeKenji KangawaTakaharu OueHiroomi OkuyamaPublished in: Pediatric surgery international (2019)
These results suggest that reduced AG levels on POD1 may reflect the degree of damage to the transplanted liver due to ischemia and reperfusion injury.