Living donor liver transplantation for biliary atresia.
Biliary atresia is the most common cause of chronic cholestasis in infants and children. The incidence is estimated at 3.7:10,000 among Taiwanese infants. Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy helps children survive beyond infancy. Liver transplantation is indicated when the Kasai procedure fails to work or when patients develop progressive deterioration of liver function despite an initially successful Kasai operation. Living donor liver transplantation was developed to alleviate organ shortage from deceased donors. It has decreased the waiting time for transplantation and, therefore, improves patient survival. One hundred living donor liver transplantations have been performed for biliary atresia at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center with both 98% 1-year and 5-year actual recipient survival.
Wang
Shih-Ho
SH
Liver Transplantation Program, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. 123, Dapi Rd., Niaosong Township, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan, ROC.
Chen
Chao-Long
CL
Concejero
Allan
A
Wang
Chih-Chi
CC
Lin
Chih-Che
CC
Liu
Yueh-Wei
YW
Yang
Chin-Hsiang
CH
Yong
Chee-Chien
CC
Lin
Tsan-Shiun
TS
Chiang
Yuan-Cheng
YC
Jawan
Bruno
B
Huang
Tung-Liang
TL
Cheng
Yu-Fan
YF
Eng
Hock-Liew
HL
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology