Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant
Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases
Musa Akoglu, Ali Sürmelioglu, Ilter Ozer, Metin Ercan, Murat Ulas, Meral Akdogan, Erdal Birol Bostanci
Citation Information :
Akoglu M, Sürmelioglu A, Ozer I, Ercan M, Ulas M, Akdogan M, Birol Bostanci E. Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases. Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol 2015; 5 (1):62-64.
Cerebral injury may persist and brain death may occur following an emergency liver transplantation
(LT) for fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) even if the graft functions well. We herein present two patients
developing brain death following emergency LT for FHF.
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