Two-stage liver transplantation using auxiliary laparoscopically harvested grafts in adults: Emphasizing the concept of “hypersmall graft nursing”

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• 作者：Olivier Scatton^a ; ^{olivier.scatton@aphp.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Franç ; ois Cauchy^b ; Filomena Conti^a ; Fabiano Perdigao^a ; Pierre Philippe Massault^c ; Claire Goumard^a ; Olivier Soubrane^b
• 刊名：Clinics and Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：40
• 期：5
• 页码：571-574
• 全文大小：656 K

文摘

Living donor liver transplantation is limited by the donor's risk in case of right liver donation and by the risk of small-for-size syndrome on the recipient in case of left lobe transplantation. This study aimed at evaluating the feasibility and results of two-stage liver transplantation using auxiliary hyper small grafts harvested laparoscopically and discussing relevant technical insights and issues that still need to be overcome.

Methods

Retrospective analysis involving two patients operated at a tertiary referral center. The recipients underwent left lateral sectionectomy and then auxillary liver transplantation using laparoscopically harvested left lateral section. The native right liver was transiently left in place to sustain the initially small functional graft functional during its hypertrophy.

Results

No donor experienced postoperative complication. After 7 days, the hypertrophy rate was 112% (105–120). Doppler assessments during the first two postoperative weeks showed progressive portal vein inflow decrease in the right native livers and portal vein inflow increase in the grafts. Liver biopsies on postoperative day 7 showed no lesion of overperfusion. No recipient experienced liver failure or small-for-size syndrome. Second stage hepatectomy of the native liver was undertaken in one patient. In the other patient, biliary stenosis on postoperative day 30 precluded second stage hepatectomy. This patient required retransplantation after one year.

Conclusions and relevance

The current strategy increases donor safety and may allow increasing the pool of available grafts. Refinements in the management of the native right liver are however required to improve the feasibility rate of this strategy.