title: Living related partial liver transplantation for primary biliary cirrhosis--a case report.
abstract: An adult living related partial liver transplantation was performed on a 49 year old female with terminal hepatic failure due to primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). The donor was her 53 year-old sister. A sufficient volume of graft tissue was obtained, which comprised 1.5% of the body weight of the recipient. The recipient had an excellent recovery without any major complications, and was discharged 35 days after the operation. At 15 months after the operation, the patient has shown no signs of rejection while using FK506 and prednisolone as immunosuppressants. The progression of symptomatic PBC can be predicted, and the timing of the transplantation can be easily determined. In addition, the results of liver transplantation for PBC are good. Therefore, adult living related partial liver transplantation is an excellent treatment for primary biliary cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asahara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dohi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marubayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohdan
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noriyuki
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authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Katayama
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itamoto
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authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tazuma
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kajiyama
authors.forename: K
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authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yuge
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okabayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
mesh_terms: D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008105:Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001663:Bilirubin