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Article: Live donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure in children

TitleLive donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure in children
Authors
Issue Date2003
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc/106570021
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Liver Transplantation, 2003, v. 9 n. 11, p. 1185-1190 How to Cite?
AbstractThe mortality rate among children with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) on the waiting list for cadaveric donor liver transplantation (CDLT) is high. Results of emergency CDLT in this situation often are unsatisfactory, and a long-term survival rate less than 30% has been reported. Live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for FHF in children has been advocated, but is reported rarely. We present our experience with LDLT in children with FHF. Between September 1993 and December 2002, primary LDLT was performed for 26 children; 8 of these children had FHF. Patient demographics, clinical and laboratory data, surgical details, complications, and graft and patient survival are reviewed. Four boys and four girls received left-lateral segment (n = 7) and full left-lobe (n = 1) grafts. Mean age was 2.9 ± 1.2 years (range, 3 months to 11 years). Causes of FHF were drug induced in 2 patients and idiopathic in 6 patients. One child received a blood group-incompatible graft. Two patients died; 1 patient of cytomegalovirus infection at 8.6 months and 1 patient of recurrent hepatitis of unknown cause at 2.8 months after LDLT. The child who received a mismatched graft had refractory rejection and underwent a second LDLT with a blood group-compatible graft 19 days afterward. He eventually died of lymphoproliferative disease. Another patient developed graft failure related to venous outflow obstruction and survived after retransplantation with a cadaveric graft. With a median follow-up of 13.2 months (range, 2.8 to 60.3 months), actuarial graft and patient survival rates were 50% and 62.5%, respectively. Survival results appear inferior compared with those of 18 children who underwent LDLT for elective conditions during the same study period (graft survival, 89%, P = .051; patient survival, 89%; P = .281). Although survival outcomes are inferior to those in elective situations, LDLT is a timely and lifesaving procedure for children with FHF.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/83172
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dc.contributor.authorLiu, CLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorFan, STen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLo, CMen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTam, PKHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSaing, Hen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWei, WIen_HK
dc.contributor.authorYong, BHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTsoi, NSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, Jen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T08:37:52Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T08:37:52Z-
dc.date.issued2003en_HK
dc.identifier.citationLiver Transplantation, 2003, v. 9 n. 11, p. 1185-1190en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1527-6465en_HK
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dc.description.abstractThe mortality rate among children with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) on the waiting list for cadaveric donor liver transplantation (CDLT) is high. Results of emergency CDLT in this situation often are unsatisfactory, and a long-term survival rate less than 30% has been reported. Live donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for FHF in children has been advocated, but is reported rarely. We present our experience with LDLT in children with FHF. Between September 1993 and December 2002, primary LDLT was performed for 26 children; 8 of these children had FHF. Patient demographics, clinical and laboratory data, surgical details, complications, and graft and patient survival are reviewed. Four boys and four girls received left-lateral segment (n = 7) and full left-lobe (n = 1) grafts. Mean age was 2.9 ± 1.2 years (range, 3 months to 11 years). Causes of FHF were drug induced in 2 patients and idiopathic in 6 patients. One child received a blood group-incompatible graft. Two patients died; 1 patient of cytomegalovirus infection at 8.6 months and 1 patient of recurrent hepatitis of unknown cause at 2.8 months after LDLT. The child who received a mismatched graft had refractory rejection and underwent a second LDLT with a blood group-compatible graft 19 days afterward. He eventually died of lymphoproliferative disease. Another patient developed graft failure related to venous outflow obstruction and survived after retransplantation with a cadaveric graft. With a median follow-up of 13.2 months (range, 2.8 to 60.3 months), actuarial graft and patient survival rates were 50% and 62.5%, respectively. Survival results appear inferior compared with those of 18 children who underwent LDLT for elective conditions during the same study period (graft survival, 89%, P = .051; patient survival, 89%; P = .281). Although survival outcomes are inferior to those in elective situations, LDLT is a timely and lifesaving procedure for children with FHF.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jtoc/106570021en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofLiver Transplantationen_HK
dc.rightsLiver Transplantation. Copyright © John Wiley & Sons, Inc.en_HK
dc.titleLive donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure in childrenen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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dc.identifier.emailFan, ST: stfan@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.emailTam, PKH: paultam@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailWei, WI: hrmswwi@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailWong, J: jwong@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1053/jlts.2003.50235en_HK
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