Living-related liver transplantation

Authors

• Atef F. Bassas, Department of Surgery, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (1) 477 7714 Ext 5287. Fax. +966 (1) 478 4057. Email: Abassas{at}nesma.net.sa
• Sami H. Wali, Departments of Pediatrics, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Hussa F. Al-Husseini, Department of Pediatrics, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Mona S. Al-Shahed, Department of Pathology, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Haider A. Al-Shuraffa, Department of Radiology, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Muafak T. Jawdat, Department of Surgery, Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital, PO Box 7897, Riyadh 11159, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

We report here, the first pediatric living-related liver transplant in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Our patient is a 2 year old girl with a diagnosis of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, causing intractable pruritis and failure to thrive requiring liver transplantation. The child was successfully transplanted using a segment of her mother9s liver for living-related liver transplantation. Two years post-transplantation the patient is doing well. With the ongoing crises in cadaveric organ availability and the high prevalence of pediatric liver disease, living related liver transplantation is an ideal solution to this difficult and challenging problem.

Article Type

Case Report

First Page

276

Last Page

279

Recommended Citation

Bassas, Atef F.; Wali, Sami H.; Al-Husseini, Hussa F.; Al-Shahed, Mona S.; Al-Shuraffa, Haider A.; and Jawdat, Muafak T. (2001) "Living-related liver transplantation," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 22: Iss. 3, Article 17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/1658-3175.1397