Living-donor liver transplantation for Caroli's disease with intrahepatic adenocarcinoma

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitsuhisa Takatsuki ◽  
Shinji Uemoto ◽  
Yukihiro Inomata ◽  
Hiroto Egawa ◽  
Tetsuya Kiuchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Living Donor ◽  
Living Donor Liver Transplantation ◽  
Donor Liver ◽  
Caroli's Disease ◽  
Caroli’S Disease ◽  
Donor Liver Transplantation

scholarly journals Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Caroli's Disease: A Report of Two Cases

ISRN Surgery ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Steinbrück ◽  
Marcelo Enne ◽  
Reinaldo Fernandes ◽  
Jose M. Martinho ◽  
Lúcio F. Pacheco-Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Living Donor ◽  
Living Donor Liver Transplantation ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Meld Score ◽  
Donor Liver ◽  
Caroli's Disease ◽  
Caroli’S Disease ◽  
Donor Liver Transplantation ◽  
Feasible Option

Caroli's disease (CD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrahepatic cystic dilatation of the bile ducts. Patients with bilobar or progressive disease may require orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). In the MELD era, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) raised as the ultimate treatment option for these patients, once their MELD score is usually low. Herein, we describe 2 cases of patients (a 2-year-old girl and a 19-year-old teenager) that successfully underwent LDLT as a treatment for diffuse CD. The good postoperative courses of the two cases indicate that LDLT is a feasible option in the treatment of this disorder, even in complicated or early age patients.

Adult-to-Adult Living-Donor Liver Transplantation

Swiss Surgery ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 227-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majno ◽  
Mentha ◽  
Berney ◽  
Bühler ◽  
Giostra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liver Transplantation ◽  
Living Donor ◽  
Living Donor Liver Transplantation ◽  
Therapeutic Option ◽  
Donor Liver ◽  
Donor Liver Transplantation ◽  
Multidisciplinary Program ◽  
First Case ◽  
Living Donor Transplantation ◽  
The Right

Living donor liver transplantation is a relatively new procedure in which the right side of the liver is harvested in a healthy donor and transplanted into a recipient. After the first case in 1994, over 3000 cases have been done worldwide. This review summarizes the reasons why the procedure is needed, describes its main technical aspects, highlights the boundaries in which it can be done safely, summarizes the current experience worldwide and describes the main points of the program in our unit. We argue that living-donor transplantation is a viable alternative to a long time on the waiting list for several patients, and it can be performed safely and successfully provided that all precautions are undertaken to minimize the risks in the donor and to increase the chances of a good outcome in the recipients. If these prerequisites are met, and within the framework of a structured multidisciplinary program, we believe that living-donor liver transplantation should be funded by health insurances as a recognized therapeutic option.

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