Special Focus Session
SF 12 - Liver transplantation: imaging and intervention
Lectures
SF 12 - Preoperative: what to know
19:07V. Vilgrain, Clichy / FR
Learning Objectives
1. To learn how imaging impacts on clinical decision making for liver transplantation.
2. To understand the selection criteria for transplantation in HCC patients.
3. To appreciate the role of biopsy and interventional radiology in pre-transplant patient management.
SF 12 - Postoperative and follow-up: what to expect and what goes wrong
14:32R. Girometti, Udine / IT
Learning Objectives
1. To appreciate the early and late complications of liver transplantation.
2. To understand the role of multimodality imaging for the diagnosis.
3. To understand the prognostic factors that may change patient management.
SF 12 - The role of interventional radiology in treating complications
14:11A. Bloom, Jerusalem / IL
Learning Objectives
1. To learn about the complications of liver transplantation that are treatable through interventional radiology.
2. To understand the clinical results emphasising the failure rates of IR techniques.
3. To appreciate the future direction of IR in the liver.
2. To understand the selection criteria for transplantation in HCC patients.
3. To appreciate the role of biopsy and interventional radiology in pre-transplant patient management.
2. To understand the role of multimodality imaging for the diagnosis.
3. To understand the prognostic factors that may change patient management.
2. To understand the clinical results emphasising the failure rates of IR techniques.
3. To appreciate the future direction of IR in the liver.