Is hepatocellular carcinoma viability important when using intraoperative blood salvage during liver transplantation?

• Main Authors: Ahmed Nasser (Author), Victoria Smith (Author), Niamh Campbell (Author), Michael Devin Rivers-Bowerman (Author), Ashley Elispath Stueck (Author), Andreu Francesc Costa (Author), Riley Arseneau (Author), Lauren Westhaver (Author), Boris Luis Gala-Lopez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Society of Gastrointestinal Intervention, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background : : Intraoperative blood salvage and autotransfusion (IBS) is considered safe in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, little is known about the potential impact of the viable tumor burden on recurrence and survival. This study investigated whether the presenc...