Lessons

    1. Pre Course Knowledge Test

    2. CME Accreditation Information

    1. Define curative care and palliative care

    2. Liver resection types, and patient considerations for transplant and surgical procedures

    3. Patient characteristics and decision-making for liver surgery versus transplant in HCC

    4. Transplant criteria, exception points, and living donor benefits

    5. Surgical versus minimally invasive options for HCC treatment, including the role of robotics

    6. Difficulties and techniques in liver surgeries post-Y90 radioembolization, including scar tissue

    7. Communication challenges and solutions between community doctors and transplant centers

    1. Ochsner's transplant volumes, evaluation process, and key survival metrics for liver transplant patients

    2. Support networks, patient selection, and the approval process in transplant procedures

    3. The liver transplant process, MELD scoring, and anticoagulation strategies for transplant patients

    4. Transplant timing, risks, and considerations for portal vein recanalization

    5. How HCC affects liver transplant criteria, wait times, and the effectiveness of various bridging therapies

    6. Peri-transplant experiences, new technologies, donor types, and organ acceptance practices

    7. Post-transplant complications, immunosuppression, and management of rejection after liver transplant

    1. Case 1 Surgical and non-surgical treatments for a 60-year-old with solitary LR5

    2. Case 2 68 yr old non-cirrhotic patient with a LR-5 HCC lesion

    3. Case 3 Multifocal HCC in a non-cirrhotic patient

    4. Case 4 67 year old with cirrhosis, pHTN, and 10 cm HCC

    5. Case 5 78-year-old male with ruptured HCC

    6. Case 6 64 yr old with multifocal HCC, considerations include immunotherapy and potential transplant

    7. Case 7 Treatment strategies for a 61-year-old male with HCC and portal vein involvement

    8. Case 8 78 yr old with HCC, presents post transplant with adrenal met

    1. Post Course Knowledge Test

    2. Claim your CME credits here

About this course

  • Free
  • 26 lessons
  • 2 hours of video content
  • Earn up to 2 CME/CE credits