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

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1135

Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases

Euroasian J Hepatogastroenterol. 2015 Jan-Jun;5(1):62-64. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10018-1135. Epub 2015 Jan 6.

Authors

Musa Akoglu¹, Ali Sürmelioglu¹, Ilter Ozer¹, Metin Ercan¹, Murat Ulas¹, Meral Akdogan², Erdal Birol Bostanci¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Abstract

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.

How to cite this article: Akoglu M, Sürmelioglu A, Ozer I, Ercan M, Ulas M, Akdogan M, Bostanci EB. Brain Death after Liver Transplantation for Fulminant Hepatic Failure: A Report of Two Cases. Euroasian J Hepato-Gastroenterol 2015;5(1):62-64.

Keywords: Brain death; Fulminant hepatic failure.; Liver transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports