Are perioperative neurological complications after liver transplantation best predicted by pre-transplant hepatic encephalopathy?
Neurological events, manifesting most often as encephalopathy, occurred in almost one-third of patients after LT. Those suffering from HE at the time of LT may be more vulnerable to the metabolic stresses of surgery and the neurotoxicity of the drugs used, and were at highest risk for such complications.
The findings of this study demonstrated that the HtrA3 is likely to be associated with the acquisition of the invasive phenotype in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells and may be a potential prognostic marker for oral cancer.