title: Long-term survival in a patient after   heterotopic segmental auxiliary liver   transplantation.
abstract: Auxiliary liver transplantation has been used mostly for patients with acute liver failure, but between 1980 and 2000, it has gained wider application for patients with both acute and chronic liver diseases. It is particularly applicable in patients in whom there is specific indication for removing the native liver. However, to date, very few patients have survived auxiliary liver transplantation in the long term. In this report, we describe a patient with normal liver function following heterotopic segmental auxiliary liver transplantation whom we followed for nine yr.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery and Transplantation, Baskent University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. rektorluk@baskent-ank.edu.tr
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haberal
authors.forename: Sinasi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sevmis
authors.forename: Hamdi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karakayali
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozcay
authors.forename: Gokhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray
authors.forename: Gulnaz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arslan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000473:pathology; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome