Liver cirrhosis, a devastating liver fibrosis caused by hepatitis/inflammation or tumors, is a major comorbid factor in known surgery fields, such as cardiovascular and abdominal surgeries. It is important to review p...Liver cirrhosis, a devastating liver fibrosis caused by hepatitis/inflammation or tumors, is a major comorbid factor in known surgery fields, such as cardiovascular and abdominal surgeries. It is important to review possible comorbid results in neurosurgical procedures in cirrhotic patients. In the reviewed literature, ChildPugh and model for end-stage liver disease scores are commonly used in the assessment of surgical risks for cirrhotic patients undergoing abdominal, cardiovascular or neurosurgical procedures. The major categories of neurosurgery are traumatic brain injury(TBI), spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage(SICH), brain tumors, and spinal instrumentation procedures. TBI was reported with surgical mortality as high as 34.5% and a complication rate of 87.2%. For SICH, mortality ranged from 22.7% to 47.0%, while complications were reported to be 43.2%. Less is discussed in brain tumor patients; still the postoperative hemorrhage rate approached 26.7%. In spinal fusion instrumentation procedures, the complication rate was as high as 41.0%. Preoperative assessment and correction could possibly decrease complications such as hemorrhage, wound infection and other cirrhosis-related complications(renal, pulmonary, ascites and encephalopathy). In this study, we reviewed the neurosurgical-related literature with regard to liver cirrhosis as a prognostic factor influencing neurosurgical outcomes.展开更多
Nilotinib is a specific breakpoint cluster region-Abelson leukemia virus-tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is used as an effective first-or second-line treatment in imatinib-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia(CML)pat...Nilotinib is a specific breakpoint cluster region-Abelson leukemia virus-tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is used as an effective first-or second-line treatment in imatinib-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia(CML)patients.Hepatotoxicity due to nilotinib is a commonly reported side effect;however,abnormal liver function test(LFT)results have been reported in asymptomatic cases.When alanine aminotransferase(ALT)and aspartate aminotransferase(AST)levels are more than five-fold the upper limit of the normal(ULN)or when the serum total bilirubin level is more than three-fold the ULN,dose modification or discontinuation of nilotinib is recommended,resulting in decreased levels of hematological indicators in certain patients with CML.Nilotinib-induced hyperbilirubinemia typically manifests as indirect bilirubinemia without elevated ALT or AST levels.Such abnormal liver functioning is thus not attributed to the presence of a true histologic lesion of the liver.The underlying mechanism may be related to the inhibition of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase activity.Therefore,nilotinib dose adjustment is not recommended for this type of hyperbilirubinemia,and in the absence of elevated liver enzyme levels or presence of abnormal LFT findings,physicians should consider maintaining nilotinib dose intensity without modifications.展开更多
文摘Liver cirrhosis, a devastating liver fibrosis caused by hepatitis/inflammation or tumors, is a major comorbid factor in known surgery fields, such as cardiovascular and abdominal surgeries. It is important to review possible comorbid results in neurosurgical procedures in cirrhotic patients. In the reviewed literature, ChildPugh and model for end-stage liver disease scores are commonly used in the assessment of surgical risks for cirrhotic patients undergoing abdominal, cardiovascular or neurosurgical procedures. The major categories of neurosurgery are traumatic brain injury(TBI), spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage(SICH), brain tumors, and spinal instrumentation procedures. TBI was reported with surgical mortality as high as 34.5% and a complication rate of 87.2%. For SICH, mortality ranged from 22.7% to 47.0%, while complications were reported to be 43.2%. Less is discussed in brain tumor patients; still the postoperative hemorrhage rate approached 26.7%. In spinal fusion instrumentation procedures, the complication rate was as high as 41.0%. Preoperative assessment and correction could possibly decrease complications such as hemorrhage, wound infection and other cirrhosis-related complications(renal, pulmonary, ascites and encephalopathy). In this study, we reviewed the neurosurgical-related literature with regard to liver cirrhosis as a prognostic factor influencing neurosurgical outcomes.
文摘Nilotinib is a specific breakpoint cluster region-Abelson leukemia virus-tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is used as an effective first-or second-line treatment in imatinib-resistant chronic myelogenous leukemia(CML)patients.Hepatotoxicity due to nilotinib is a commonly reported side effect;however,abnormal liver function test(LFT)results have been reported in asymptomatic cases.When alanine aminotransferase(ALT)and aspartate aminotransferase(AST)levels are more than five-fold the upper limit of the normal(ULN)or when the serum total bilirubin level is more than three-fold the ULN,dose modification or discontinuation of nilotinib is recommended,resulting in decreased levels of hematological indicators in certain patients with CML.Nilotinib-induced hyperbilirubinemia typically manifests as indirect bilirubinemia without elevated ALT or AST levels.Such abnormal liver functioning is thus not attributed to the presence of a true histologic lesion of the liver.The underlying mechanism may be related to the inhibition of uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase activity.Therefore,nilotinib dose adjustment is not recommended for this type of hyperbilirubinemia,and in the absence of elevated liver enzyme levels or presence of abnormal LFT findings,physicians should consider maintaining nilotinib dose intensity without modifications.
