Article: Findings in liver transplant reported from Sichuan University.(Report)

"Insulin is one factor responsible for hepatotrophic regeneration in animal models. This study assessed the clinical effects of intraportal administration of insulin on liver graft regeneration in adult patients undergoing right lobe living donor liver transplantation (LDLT)," scientists writing in the journal Transplantation Proceedings report (see also Liver Transplant).

"Between July 2005 and September 2007, 19 right lobe LDLT adult recipients voluntarily received posttransplant intraportal insulin administration. The present study describes 15 patients without postoperative vascular and bile duct complications, with more than 1 month survival and with ...

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