Temporary auxiliary liver transplantation for subacute liver failure in a child.
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.
Boudjema
K
K
Centre de Chirurgie Viscérale et de Transplantation, Hôpital Universitaire de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France.
Jaeck
D
D
Siméoni
U
U
Bientz
J
J
Chenard
M P
MP
Brunot
P
P
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*
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents