title: Living donor liver transplantation indicated for compensated liver cirrhosis with symptomatic gallstone diseases: report of two cases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Surgical interventions for symptomatic gallstone disease could be dangerous in patients with severe comorbid conditions including liver cirrhosis. Here, we report our experience of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) indicated for two patients with liver cirrhosis complicated with gallstone diseases.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 70-year-old woman with a history of hepatitis C virus infection was diagnosed as symptomatic choledocholithiasis. She had open cholecystectomy and choledochotomy with choledocholithotomy, which complicated with postoperative liver failure. Her Child-Pugh score increased from 7 to 12 points and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score from 11 to 36. She underwent LDLT, using the right lobe graft donated by her 47-year-old daughter. The post-transplant graft function was excellent, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 27.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 46-year-old man with a history of hepatitis B virus infection was diagnosed as cholecystitis. He had cholecystostomy without any complications and his Child-Pugh score remained to be 9 and MELD score 17, followed by LDLT using the right lobe graft donated by his 45-year-old wife. The post-transplant graft function was excellent, and the patient was discharged from the hospital on postoperative day 44.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  LDLT is one of treatment options when patients with Child-Pugh B cirrhosis accompanied with gallstone diseases, likely to be deteriorating their liver functions in the near future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan. y-bekki@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bekki
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Norifumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshizumi
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maehara
keywords: Gallstone disease; Liver cirrhosis; Living donor liver transplantation