Liver Transplantation for a Cirrhotic Patient with Situs Inversus.
- Author:
Sun Hyung JOO
1
;
Sang Hoon PARK
;
Myung Kook JANG
;
Han Jun KIM
;
In Kyu KIM
;
Jang Yeong JEON
;
Sung Eun JEON
;
Samuel LEE
;
Joo Seop KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea. jskim@hallym.or.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Situs inversus;
Liver transplantation
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm, False;
Cadaver;
Deception;
Donor Selection;
Emergencies;
Hepatic Artery;
Humans;
Intracranial Hemorrhages;
Laparotomy;
Ligation;
Liver Diseases;
Liver Transplantation*;
Liver*;
Pliability;
Rupture;
Situs Inversus*;
Tissue Donors;
Transplants;
Vena Cava, Inferior;
Viscera
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2007;72(5):426-429
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Situs inversus refers to a mirror image of the viscera, while situs solitus is defined as the normal anatomical situation. Several cases of successful liver transplantation for situs inversus recipients have been reported, and modifications of the standard surgical techniques were used. We report here on a case of cadaveric liver transplantation in an end-stage liver disease patient with situs inversus. The donor liver was rotated clockwise 90 degrees to the left with the right lobe lying in the left upper quadrant and the left lobe pointing down into the left iliac fossa. The donor's suprahepatic vena cava was oversewn and the infrahepatic vena cava anastomosed end to side to the recipient's inferior vena cava. The postoperative course was good until the postoperative 26th day, when rupture of a hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm occurred. An emergency laparotomy was done and the hepatic artery was ligated. Despite the hepatic artery ligation, the liver function recovered quite well. But sudden intracranial hemorrhage developed on the postoperative 28th day and sadly, the patient expired on the postoperative 30th day. Complete preoperative evaluation of the recipient is essential for the operative planning, and careful donor selection should be attempted to obtain a smaller graft to allow maximum flexibility for placing the donor liver. The use of a reduced-sized graft should be considered in the case for which a smaller graft is not available. In conclusion, adult situs inversus is no longer a contraindication for a liver transplant, although technical difficulties do exist for this procedure.
