Combined liver and pancreas transplantation in two children with cystic fibrosis-First experience in Australia and New Zealand

Sahana Shankar; Rishi Bolia; Alexandra Hodgson; Jonathan R Bishop; Helen M Evans; Mark R Oliver

doi:10.1111/petr.13234

Combined liver and pancreas transplantation in two children with cystic fibrosis-First experience in Australia and New Zealand

Pediatr Transplant. 2018 Jun 6:e13234. doi: 10.1111/petr.13234. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Sahana Shankar¹, Rishi Bolia¹, Alexandra Hodgson¹, Jonathan R Bishop², Helen M Evans², Mark R Oliver^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Clinical Nutrition, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
² Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Starship Children's Health, Auckland, New Zealand.
³ Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.

PMID: 29877025
DOI: 10.1111/petr.13234

Abstract

We report the first two pediatric patients with CF who underwent successful combined liver-pancreas transplantation in Australia and New Zealand for CF liver disease and CF-related diabetes mellitus.

Keywords: Combined liver-pancreas transplantation; cystic fibrosis; cystic fibrosis related diabetes mellitus; cystic fibrosis-related liver disease; pancreatic insufficiency.

Publication types

Case Reports