Living donor liver transplantation with hyperreduced left lateral segments

J Pediatr Surg. 2008 Aug;43(8):1575-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.02.056.

Abstract

Liver transplantation is now an established technique to treat children with end-stage liver disease. Implantation of left lateral segment grafts (Couidaud's segments II and III) can be a problem in small infants because of a large-for-size graft. Reduced left lateral segmental liver transplantation has been recently introduced for small infants to mitigate the problem of large-for-size graft. Further reduction of the left lateral segment graft increases the possibility of supplying an adequate hyperreduced left lateral segment graft as an alternative surgical technique. We report 3 cases of our experience of transplantation using hyperreduced left lateral segment grafts from living donors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Graft Rejection
  • Graft Survival
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Japan
  • Liver Failure / diagnosis
  • Liver Failure / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Living Donors*
  • Male
  • Organ Size
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Sampling Studies
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome