Living donor liver transplantation with dual grafts -- a case report. 2013

F Botea, and V Braşoveanu, and A Constantinescu, and Mi Ionescu, and E Matei, and I Popescu
Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania.

BACKGROUND Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) exposes to risks both the donor, due to a potential small residual liver volume, and the recipient, who faces the risk of small-for-size graft syndrome. In order to overcome these drawbacks, liver grafts from two different donors can be used. This paper presents a case of dual graft LDLT using a right hemiliver and a left lateral section from related donors. METHODS A 14-year old female diagnosed with chronic hepatic failure due to Wilson's disease with Model-for-End- Stage-Liver-Disease score of 25, underwent a dual graft LDLT, receiving a right hemiliver with a reconstructed middle hepatic vein from her sister, and a left lateral section from her mother. None of the grafts complied with a satisfactory graft-to-recipient weight ratio (GRWR), if they would have been independently transplanted. The combined GRWR was 1.10. The donors and the recipient have been followed-up for over 1 year. RESULTS The donors had no postoperative complications. The donors and the recipient were discharged 8 and 19 days after surgery, respectively. After 12-month follow-up, both donors and the recipient were alive, with normal graft function. CONCLUSIONS Dual graft LDLT can be a feasible solution to overcome the risk of small-for-size graft syndrome. BACKGROUND BSA = body surface area, GRWR = graft-to-recipient weight ratio, GV SLV = recipient standard liver volume, HA = hepatic artery, HD = hepatic duct, HV = hepatic vein, LDLT = Living donor liver transplantation, LL = left lobe, LLS = left lateral section, MELD = Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, POD = postoperative day, PV = portal vein, RL = right lobe, SFS = small-for-size graft, SLV = standard liver volume, WD = Wilson's disease.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009929 Organ Size The measurement of an organ in volume, mass, or heaviness. Organ Volume,Organ Weight,Size, Organ,Weight, Organ
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006527 Hepatolenticular Degeneration A rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by the deposition of copper in the BRAIN; LIVER; CORNEA; and other organs. It is caused by defects in the ATP7B gene encoding copper-transporting ATPase 2 (EC 3.6.3.4), also known as the Wilson disease protein. The overload of copper inevitably leads to progressive liver and neurological dysfunction such as LIVER CIRRHOSIS; TREMOR; ATAXIA and intellectual deterioration. Hepatic dysfunction may precede neurologic dysfunction by several years. Cerebral Pseudosclerosis,Neurohepatic Degeneration,Pseudosclerosis,Wilson Disease,Copper Storage Disease,Hepatic Form of Wilson Disease,Hepato-Neurologic Wilson Disease,Hepatocerebral Degeneration,Hepatolenticular Degeneration Syndrome,Kinnier-Wilson Disease,Progressive Lenticular Degeneration,Westphal-Strumpell Syndrome,Wilson Disease, Hepatic Form,Wilson's Disease,Cerebral Pseudoscleroses,Copper Storage Diseases,Degeneration Syndrome, Hepatolenticular,Degeneration Syndromes, Hepatolenticular,Degeneration, Hepatocerebral,Degeneration, Hepatolenticular,Degeneration, Neurohepatic,Degeneration, Progressive Lenticular,Degenerations, Hepatocerebral,Degenerations, Neurohepatic,Disease, Copper Storage,Diseases, Copper Storage,Diseases, Hepato-Neurologic Wilson,Diseases, Kinnier-Wilson,Hepato Neurologic Wilson Disease,Hepato-Neurologic Wilson Diseases,Hepatocerebral Degenerations,Hepatolenticular Degeneration Syndromes,Kinnier Wilson Disease,Kinnier-Wilson Diseases,Lenticular Degeneration, Progressive,Neurohepatic Degenerations,Pseudoscleroses, Cerebral,Pseudosclerosis, Cerebral,Storage Disease, Copper,Storage Diseases, Copper,Syndrome, Hepatolenticular Degeneration,Syndromes, Hepatolenticular Degeneration,Westphal Strumpell Syndrome,Westphal-Strumpell Syndromes,Wilson Disease, Hepato-Neurologic,Wilson Diseases, Hepato-Neurologic,Wilsons Disease
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012720 Severity of Illness Index Levels within a diagnostic group which are established by various measurement criteria applied to the seriousness of a patient's disorder. Illness Index Severities,Illness Index Severity
D016031 Liver Transplantation The transference of a part of or an entire liver from one human or animal to another. Grafting, Liver,Hepatic Transplantation,Liver Transplant,Transplantation, Hepatic,Transplantation, Liver,Hepatic Transplantations,Liver Grafting,Liver Transplantations,Liver Transplants,Transplant, Liver
D016896 Treatment Outcome Evaluation undertaken to assess the results or consequences of management and procedures used in combating disease in order to determine the efficacy, effectiveness, safety, and practicability of these interventions in individual cases or series. Rehabilitation Outcome,Treatment Effectiveness,Clinical Effectiveness,Clinical Efficacy,Patient-Relevant Outcome,Treatment Efficacy,Effectiveness, Clinical,Effectiveness, Treatment,Efficacy, Clinical,Efficacy, Treatment,Outcome, Patient-Relevant,Outcome, Rehabilitation,Outcome, Treatment,Outcomes, Patient-Relevant,Patient Relevant Outcome,Patient-Relevant Outcomes
D058625 End Stage Liver Disease Final stage of a liver disease when the liver failure is irreversible and LIVER TRANSPLANTATION is needed. Chronic Liver Failure,Liver Failure, Chronic,Chronic Liver Failures,Failure, Chronic Liver,Failures, Chronic Liver,Liver Failures, Chronic

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