Living Donor Re-transplantation for Repeated Acute Liver Failure

Autor:	Ince V, Kayaalp C, Otan E, fatih ozdemir, Dirican A, Hi, Toprak, Aydin C, Ara C, Sezai Yilmaz
Předmět:	Transplantation lcsh:R digestive oral and skin physiology Liver failure acute Liver failure lcsh:Medicine acute Case Report Living donors
Zdroj:	fatih ozdemir International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine International Journal of Organ Transplantation Medicine, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2018) Europe PubMed Central
Popis:	Emergency liver transplantation (LT) for acute liver failure (ALF) is a life-saving treatment. Occurrence of this situation in the same patient twice is very rare. Herein, we describe a patient who underwent two emergency LTs for ALF, both from living donors. When she was 26 years old, she underwent a right lobe living donor LT (LDLT) from her sister for ALF due to use of herbal weight loss medications. The next 3 years were uneventful but another ALF developed during a terminal stage pregnancy (37th week). Despite medical treatment, her liver functions worsened, and the baby was delivered by caesarean section. The second time, her brother was the donor and she recovered after the emergency right lobe re-LDLT. Both patient and baby were well at the 2-month follow-up. As far as we know, there is no reported similar case, and we concluded that LDLT is a paramount treatment option for both primary and secondary ALFs.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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