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Living Donor Liver Transplant: What Are the Risks? - Glossary

Glossary

Liver transplant: Surgery to replace a disease liver with a healthy one from a donor.

Urinary tract infections: Refers to anywhere in the whole length of the urinary system from the kidneys, through their collecting channels, the ureters, bladder and urethra.

Heart attack: Descriptive term for a myocardial infarction: a painful, and sometimes fatal, incident caused by the blockage of one or more of the coronary arteries resulting in interruption of blood flow to a part of the heart.

Stroke: Sudden, severe attack that results in brain damage. Usually sudden paralysis or speech difficulty results from injury to the brain or spinal cord by a blood clot, hemorrhage or occlusion of blood supply to the brain from a narrowed or blocked artery.

Deep vein thrombosis: The formation of a blood clot inside of a deep-lying vein, usually in the legs

Coma: A state of unarousable unconsciousness.

Nausea: Vomiting sensation.

Swelling: Abnormal inflammation that occurs in the body

Pneumonia: An inflammatory infection that occurs in the lung.

Stent: A device placed in a body structure (such as a blood vessel or the gastrointestinal tract) to provide support and keep the structure open.

Hepatectomy: Surgical removal of all or part of the liver

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