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Living-related liver transplantation.

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 pruritus and failure to thrive requiring liver transplantation. The child was successfully transplanted using a segment of her mother's 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.
AuthorsA F Bassas, S H Wali, M S Chehab, H F Al-Husseini, M S Al-Shahed, H A Al-Shuraffa, M T Jawdat
JournalSaudi medical journal (Saudi Med J) Vol. 22 Issue 3 Pg. 276-9 (Mar 2001) ISSN: 0379-5284 [Print] Saudi Arabia
PMID11307118 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Topics
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Transplantation (methods)
  • Living Donors
  • Pregnancy

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