Successful regrafting of a transplanted liver.
We report on the successful regrafting of a transplanted liver. The donor liver was first grafted into a patient suffering from cryptogenic cirrhosis; the patient died 1 day after the elective transplantation of cerebral bleeding. The well-functioning graft was harvested again and transferred to our institution. After another 12 h of cold ischemia, the liver was reperfused in an urgently registered patient with recurrence of hepatitis B in his first graft. The transplantation was successfully performed and the patient is now doing well, more than 5 months after regrafting with the reused liver.
Friedrich
J
J
Department of General Surgery, University Hospitals Essen, Germany.
Malago
M
M
Lange
R
R
Kemnitz
J
J
Danninger
F
F
Erhard
J
J
D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors