Pulmonary Embolism in a Liver Donor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Exp Clin Transplant. 2023 Jul 27. doi: 10.6002/ect.2023.0098. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTLiver transplant is an important treatment option for end-stage liver disease, and living related donation is an option to shorten or eliminate the waiting period for the patients, especially when shortage of organs is of concern. It is crucial to provide optimal safety for the donors and to thoroughly examine them preope-ratively in order to decrease perioperative and postoperative complications. Here, we report the case of a living donor who had undergone a left liver lobectomy and on postoperative day 2 presented with a radiologically severe pulmonary embolism, despite the absence of any risk factor for venous thromboembolism or pulmonary embolism. The patient was treated with tissue plasminogen activator and heparin infusions and was discharged 1 week later.PMID:37503803 | DOI:10.6002/ect.2023.0098
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research