Abstract | CONTEXT: OBJECTIVES: METHOD: Of a total of 233 patients who underwent liver transplantation, 162 were excluded from the present study because of occurrence of steroid-resistant rejection, absence of hypersplenism before the transplantation, absence of follow-up for at least 2 years or incomplete exams data. The electronic study protocols of the remaining 71 patients were reviewed to determine the demographics, etiology of cirrhosis, and results of pathologic examination of the explanted liver. Serial platelet count was obtained from the study protocol on the day before liver transplantation and 1, 2, 4, and 6 months and 1 year after liver transplantation. Statistical analysis was performed using the Student's t-test, chi-square test, and Spearman's correlation test. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Júlio Cezar Uili Coelho, Priscilla Balbinot, Rodrigo Nitsche, Kátia Aparecida Pinto, Mônica Beatriz Parolin, Cláudia Alexandra Pontes Ivantes |
Journal | Arquivos de gastroenterologia
(Arq Gastroenterol)
2011 Jul-Sep
Vol. 48
Issue 3
Pg. 175-8
ISSN: 1678-4219 [Electronic] Brazil |
PMID | 21952701
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Hypersplenism
(blood, etiology)
- Liver Cirrhosis
(complications, surgery)
- Liver Transplantation
- Middle Aged
- Platelet Count
- Postoperative Period
- Thrombocytopenia
(blood, etiology)
- Treatment Outcome
- Young Adult
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