A liver support system or diachysis is a type of therapeutic device to assist in performing the functions of the liver. Such systems focus either on removing...

Liver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with the healthy liver from another person (allograft). Liver...

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developed Li-NBAL, an artificial liver support system that is used to sustain the lives of people suffering from acute liver failure, and won multiple national...

The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, or MELD, is a scoring system for assessing the severity of chronic liver disease. It was initially developed to...

digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder)...

Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, chronic liver failure or chronic hepatic failure and end-stage liver disease, is a chronic...

Liver cancer, also known as hepatic cancer, primary hepatic cancer, or primary hepatic malignancy, is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can...

Fatty liver disease (FLD), also known as hepatic steatosis and steatotic liver disease (SLD), is a condition where excess fat builds up in the liver. Often...

The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrates, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the...

dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a type of chronic liver disease. This condition...

Chronic liver disease in the clinical context is a disease process of the liver that involves a process of progressive destruction and regeneration of...

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD), also called alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD), is a term that encompasses the liver manifestations of alcohol overconsumption...

extracorporeal liver support system, which combines HepaRG cells with a bioartificial scaffold was created to support liver function. This system was shown...

Pancreaticoduodenectomy Esophagectomy Liver resection Surgery on the digestive system's organs is referred to as digestive system surgery, gastrointestinal surgery...

Herb-induced liver injury (HILI) is a form of drug-induced liver injury caused by herbal medicines, typically herbal supplements or herb-based ethnomedicines...

organs of digestion which include the pancreas, gallbladder, and liver. The digestive system functions to move material through the GI tract via peristalsis...

toxicity) implies chemical-driven liver damage. Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a cause of acute and chronic liver disease caused specifically by medications...

Liver biopsy is the biopsy (removal of a small sample of tissue) from the liver. It is a medical test that is done to aid diagnosis of liver disease, to...

sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a long-term progressive disease of the liver and gallbladder characterized by inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts...

reticuloendothelial system (RES). Although the LSECs make up only about 3% of the total liver cell volume, their surface in a normal adult human liver is about 210...

Foie gras (French for 'fat liver'); (French: [fwa ɡʁɑ] , English: /ˌfwɑːˈɡrɑː/ ) is a specialty food product made of the liver of a duck or goose. According...

Acute liver failure is the appearance of severe complications rapidly after the first signs (such as jaundice) of liver disease, and indicates that the...

while twisting it. Alternatively, body position changes and abdominal support from external hand pressure can often "straighten" the endoscope to allow...

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manoeuvre is a surgical technique used in some abdominal operations and in liver trauma. The hepatoduodenal ligament is clamped either with a surgical tool...

have gained access to the abdomen, the surfaces of the peritoneum and the liver are inspected for disease that has metastasized. This is an important first...

into place. This opening, often in conjunction with an attached ostomy system, provides an alternative channel for feces to leave the body. Thus if the...

(CTP) score or Child Criteria) is used to assess the prognosis of chronic liver disease, mainly cirrhosis. Although it was originally used to predict mortality...

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