Tablet-sonography is a useful bedside tool during the first week after liver transplantation

Introduction: Detection of vascular complications in the first post-operative week after liver transplantation are very important. In particular an early diagnosis of hepatic artery thrombosis is essential in decision-making to go for early re-intervention or re-liver transplantation. Therefore abdominal sonography is performed several times in the first post-operative week, to look for patency of the hepatic artery, portal vein and liver veins. Hand-held devices might be expected to facilitate bedside abdominal sonography. In this study we compared sonography with regular machines, with tablet-sonography. Metho…