A retrospective study on applications of liver grafts from small weight children in pediatric liver transplantation

VernacularTitle:小体重儿童供肝及肝移植的临床效果
Author: Xiaoye SUN ¹ ; Chong DONG ; Wei GAO ; Kui JIANG
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1. 300192,天津医科大学一中心临床学院
Keywords: Small body weight; Pediatric donation; Liver graft; Pediatric liver transplantation
From: Chinese Journal of Organ Transplantation 2018;39(11):667-670
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate and analyze the applications of liver grafts from donation after death children (≤5 kg) in pediatric liver transplantation.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on 18 cases of pediatric recipients using liver grafts from donation after death children (≤5 kg) during January 2013 to December 2015.The survival rate of patients,recovery of liver function,incidence of lung infection,vascular complications and biliary complications were observed,and the causes of deaths were analyzed.Results The median follow-up time of all the patients was 28.4 months (0.06-52.2 months).The 1-and 3-year cumulative survival rate was the same 88.9％,the incidence of lung infection was 22.2％,of vessel complications was 33.3％,and biliary complication rate was 11.1％.Two cases died after liver transplantation.Conclusion The applications of liver donation after death children (≤5 kg) were satisfactory,but there is still relatively limited experience,and further observation and research are needed.