title: Temporary auxiliary liver transplantation for subacute liver failure in a child.
abstract: A 4-year-old boy with subacute liver failure due to hepatitis A virus underwent temporary auxiliary liver transplantation. The graft, an adult reduced liver, was implanted othotopically after a left hepatectomy had been carried out on the recipient's liver. Good liver function was immediately restored. The remaining native liver, which was 90% necrotic at the time of transplantation, regained normal histological features within 3 months. The auxiliary graft was then removed and immunosuppressive therapy stopped.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation, Hôpital Universitaire de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boudjema
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaeck
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Siméoni
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bientz
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Chenard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunot
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents