Nonanastomotic biliary strictures are a major complication after liver transplantation, resulting in cholestasis and cholangitis and, frequently, in the use of biliary interventions or even retransplantation (i.e. transplantation of a new liver graft and removal of the first graft). The incidence…
Each year, thousands of people in the United States die while awaiting lifesaving liver transplantation because there is an insufficient supply of donor organs. This crisis has prompted increased interest in expanding the organ supply through the promotion of both deceased and live liver donation…
Patients with cold agglutinin disease, a rare autoimmune hemolytic anemia, often have chronic anemia, profound fatigue, and acute hemolytic crisis. These patients may also have agglutination-mediated acrocyanosis and a higher risk of thromboembolism and early death. Cold agglutinin disease is…
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