title: Liver retransplantation in superobese patients: a single center experience.
abstract: A retrospective review of patients who had body mass indeces greater than 40 kg/m(2) who underwent liver retransplantation (LR) from February 1998 to December 2008 at our institution. There were 73 patients who had body mass indeces greater than 40 kg/m(2) and had orthotopic liver transplantation. Six of 73 patients required retransplantation. Median time between orthotopic liver transplantation and LR was 131 days (range, 2 to 2812 days). Indications for LR were ischemic cholangiopathy, hepatic necrosis, recurrent hepatitis C, and primary non-function. Four patients are still alive with median survival of 37 months after LR. Two patients had perioperative death.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Taner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mughal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aranda-Michel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies