OBJECTIVE: The goal of our study was to investigate the contributing factors, clinical repercussions, and implications for prognosis of high-resistance flow at the hepatic artery detected on Doppler sonography during the period immediately after orthotopic liver transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively studied the transplanted livers of 90 patients who had been examined on Doppler sonography within the first 3 days after grafting. Seventeen variables from organ donors, transplant recipients, graft characteristics, and surgical procedures were investigated. Early clinical evolution was also analyzed. Follow-up was performed for 5 years. RESULTS: Forty-one (45.6%) of the 90 patients showed a high resistive index at the hepatic artery during the first 72 hr after transplantation. Two factors showed a statistically significant effect on the occurrence of a high resistive index at the hepatic artery immediately after transplantation: an older liver donor (p = 0.008) and extended preservation time (p = 0.005). No relation with early graft function was detected. The incidence of bile duct complications, retransplantation, or death was not higher at follow-up in patients with high-resistance flow than in those with normal flow. CONCLUSION: High-resistance flow at the hepatic artery detected on Doppler sonography during the period immediately after transplantation is a frequent finding and is related to older donor age and prolonged period of ischemia. This finding has neither significant clinical repercussions nor prognosis implications for early and long-term follow-up.
OBJECTIVE: The goal of our study was to investigate the contributing factors, clinical repercussions, and implications for prognosis of high-resistance flow at the hepatic artery detected on Doppler sonography during the period immediately after orthotopic liver transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively studied the transplanted livers of 90 patients who had been examined on Doppler sonography within the first 3 days after grafting. Seventeen variables from organ donors, transplant recipients, graft characteristics, and surgical procedures were investigated. Early clinical evolution was also analyzed. Follow-up was performed for 5 years. RESULTS: Forty-one (45.6%) of the 90 patients showed a high resistive index at the hepatic artery during the first 72 hr after transplantation. Two factors showed a statistically significant effect on the occurrence of a high resistive index at the hepatic artery immediately after transplantation: an older liver donor (p = 0.008) and extended preservation time (p = 0.005). No relation with early graft function was detected. The incidence of bile duct complications, retransplantation, or death was not higher at follow-up in patients with high-resistance flow than in those with normal flow. CONCLUSION: High-resistance flow at the hepatic artery detected on Doppler sonography during the period immediately after transplantation is a frequent finding and is related to older donor age and prolonged period of ischemia. This finding has neither significant clinical repercussions nor prognosis implications for early and long-term follow-up.
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