Pediatric living donor liver transplantation with large‐for‐size left lateral segment grafts

• Published in: American journal of transplantation Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 504 - 512
• Main Authors: Goldaracena, Nicolas, Echeverri, Juan, Kehar, Mohit, DeAngelis, Maria, Jones, Nicola, Ling, Simon, Kamath, Binita M., Avitzur, Yaron, Ng, Vicky L., Cattral, Mark S., Grant, David R., Ghanekar, Anand
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 01.02.2020
• Subjects: Abdomen; Child; Child, Preschool; clinical research/practice; End Stage Liver Disease - mortality; End Stage Liver Disease - surgery; Fascia; Female; Graft Survival; Hepatic artery; Humans; Infant; Liver - anatomy & histology; Liver transplantation; Liver Transplantation - methods; liver transplantation/hepatology; liver transplantation: living donor; Liver transplants; Living Donors; Male; organ allocation; organ procurement and allocation; Organ Size; Patients; Pediatrics; Portal vein; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Survival; Thrombosis; Treatment Outcome; liver transplantation: living donor; organ allocation; liver transplantation/hepatology; clinical research/practice; organ procurement and allocation; pediatrics

Usage of “large‐for‐size” left lateral segment (LLS) liver grafts in children with high graft to recipient weight ratio (GRWR) is controversial due to concerns about increased recipient complications. During the study period, 77 pediatric living donor liver transplantations (LDLTs) with LLS grafts w...