Vascular complications, treatment, and outcome following orthotopic liver transplantation

ESPITE advances in surgical techniques, learning experience, new immunosuppressive agents, and better understanding of transplantation immunology, vascular complications after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx) lead to a substantial risk of high morbidity and graft loss, and, not rarely, are a cause of mortality.'-3In this study, we reviewed the incidence of vascular complications after OLTx and evaluated the therapeutic options and outcome to patient and graft survival. PATIENTS AND METHODSOver a period of 23 months, between June 1994 and April 1996, 343 OLTx were performed at our institution in 313 patients (289 adults and 35 children).Allograft dysfunction posttransplant was evaluated by biochemistry, ultrasonography of the hilar vessels, and