Background: To expand the donor pool, split liver transplantation is conventionally performed for one adult and one pediatric recipient. Application of this technique for two adult recipients can produce remarkable impact on the waiting list. Proper donor and recipient selection is crucial for the favorable outcome following full-right and full-left liver split. Right lobe adult to adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is essentially a full right and full left split. However, LDLT techniques have not been used for full right and left split.
Methods: We performed in situ splitting of the whole liver using LDLT techniques from a hemodynamically stable young deceased donor and transplanted into two adult recipients, both with model for end-stage liver disease score of 17. The transection was carried out through the midplane of liver, generating a right lobe and a left lobe graft.
Results: Both the recipients had uneventful postoperative recovery. At ten months of follow up, both the recipients are doing well with good liver function.
Conclusion: Based on the concept of living related liver transplantation, our case explores the technical feasibility of full-right and full-left in situ liver split.
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Clin Transplant
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Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Objective: We devised a customized ERAS protocol to determine its effectiveness in improving surgical and postoperative outcomes among kidney transplant recipients.
Clin Transplant
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
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German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner site Frankfurt/Mainz, a partnership between DKFZ and University Medical Center Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Methods: In this retrospective analysis involving 54 adult patients undergoing PTCy-based haplo-HCT, we evaluated the impact of inhibitory killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR)/HLA mismatch, alongside patient, donor, and transplant factors, on clinical outcomes within a homogeneous cohort characterized by a myeloablative conditioning regimen and bone marrow graft.
Results: With a median follow-up of 73.
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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