Two successful adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation using dual grafts
- VernacularTitle:二例成人间双活体供肝移植的手术重建技巧
- Author:
Wentao WANG
;
Lunan YAN
;
Bo LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Liver transplantation;
Living donors;
Dual grafts;
Surgical procedures,operative
- From:
Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation
2003;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the surgical reconstructive procedures of adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT).Methods Two patients with end-stage liver disease were successfully subjected to adult-to-adult LDLT using dual grafts in our division. One patient’s donors were left lobe and left lobe from his two old sisters, respectively. The other graft was right lobe from his 56 years-old mother and left lobe separated from a cadaveric organ donor.Results Both recipients and three donors display good graft function and normal triangular shape regeneration of their liver grafts after liver transplantation. There was neither mortality nor serious complications in the donors. Conclusion The critical issue of LDLT is donor morbidity. Dual grafts from two living donors can help to alleviate the problem of small-for-size grafts and yet secure the safety of the donor. But the complicated surgical techniques give a great challenge for liver transplant surgeons.
