Background: Impairment of hepatic arterial flow including hepatic arterial thrombosis (HAT), hepatic arterial stenosis (HAS), and splenic artery steal syndrome (SASS) is potentially life-threatening complications. The proposed early diagnosis and urgent treatment strategy of graft arterial flow reduction aim to decrease morbidity and mortality.
Methods: Pediatric patients with known hepatic arterial flow impairment were retrospectively reviewed.
Introduction: In conditions of limited experience of pediatric simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation (SLKT) using grafts from living and deceased donors, there is a certain need to validate the approach.
Patients: The retrospective study of 18 pediatric patients who received SLKT between 2008 and 2019.
Results: Grafts were obtained from both living and deceased donors.