Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure.
The outcome of fulminant hepatic failure without timely liver transplantation is poor. We describe a 19-year-old woman with fulminant hepatic failure due to acute hepatitis B infection who received a living donor liver transplant from her sister. The donor's recovery was uneventful, allowing hospital discharge on Day 6. Two months after transplantation the recipient developed a biliary stricture requiring surgery. One year after transplantation, her liver function was normal.
House
A K
AK
Liver Transplant Service of Western Australia, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth. akhouse@cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Jeffrey
G P
GP
Edyvane
K A
KA
Barker
A P
AP
Chapman
M D
MD
Garas
G
G
Ferguson
J
J
van Heerden
P V
PV
Gibbs
N M
NM
Heath
D I
DI
Mitchell
A W
AW
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016896:Treatment Outcome