| Selective use of extended criteria deceased liver donors with anatomic variations. | |
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PMID: 23274335 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUNDS: An ongoing shortage of organs for liver transplantation has led surgeons to continually modify criteria for organ acceptance, which are now defined as extended criteria. The organ shortage becomes more problematic in retransplantation, in which the use of a limited resource such as a liver graft with anatomic variation must be weighed against the risk of a more difficult operation. CASE REPORTS: We report 2 peculiar anatomic variations discovered in deceased donors for whole liver transplantation and confirmed at the back table: 1 with a huge biliary enlargement of the common hepatic duct and 1 with a celiac trunk aneurysm. In the first variation, any potential biliary reconstruction was thought to be at high risk of difficult outflow. The vascular anomaly did not preclude successful performance of a liver retransplantation. CONCLUSIONS: We briefly report the use of 2 liver grafts from deceased donors with rare anatomic variations, which is relevant to increasing the liver donor pool. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of this biliary anomaly. In certain specific settings, strategies based on the appropriate donor-recipient match have allowed the use of grafts that otherwise would have been discarded due to celiac aneurysm. |
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Authors:
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Fabrizio di Francesco; Duilio Pagano; Gabriel Echeverri; Michela De Martino; Marco Spada; Bruno G Gridelli; Salvatore Gruttadauria |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Annals of transplantation : quarterly of the Polish Transplantation Society Volume: 17 ISSN: 2329-0358 ISO Abbreviation: Ann. Transplant. Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2012-12-31 Completed Date: 2013-05-28 Revised Date: 2013-06-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9802544 Medline TA: Ann Transplant Country: Poland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 140-3 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Abdominal and Transplantation Surgery, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Italy, Palermo, Italy. |
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Adult Aged Aneurysm* Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery Celiac Artery* Donor Selection / methods* End Stage Liver Disease / surgery Female Hepatic Duct, Common / abnormalities* Humans Liver / abnormalities* Liver Neoplasms / surgery Liver Transplantation* Middle Aged Tissue Donors* |
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