Abstract | AIM: RESULTS: Two children died waiting for LSBT, 4 patients are on the waiting list, 2 for LSBT and 2 for IIT ( length of stay: 4-11 months). Two children were transplanted, one with IIT in a 2.5 years old boy with MID, and one with LSBT in a 22 months girl with SBS and ESLD. Both patients recovered intestinal function after transplantation and are a live (follow-up of 19 and 10 months respectively). The LSBT's patient is under treatment for postransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). CONCLUSIONS: The lack of suitable donors for the small children candidate to IT explains the long period of stay on the waiting list and the high pretransplant mortality. Two strategies are possible; early referral of children with IF to a transplant center and surgical techniques like ex vivi-hepatic reductions of the LSB graft.
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Authors | M López Santamaría, M Gámez, J Murcia, N Leal, E de Vicente, Y Quijano, J Nuño, J Larrauri, E Frauca, M Molina, J Sarriá, G Prieto, R Lama, P Jara, I Polanco, J Tovar |
Journal | Cirugia pediatrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Pediatrica
(Cir Pediatr)
Vol. 16
Issue 3
Pg. 142-5
(Jul 2003)
ISSN: 0214-1221 [Print] Spain |
Vernacular Title | Actividad de un programa de trasplante intestinal pediátrico en España. |
PMID | 14565096
(Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Child
- Child Health Services
(organization & administration)
- Humans
- Intestines
(transplantation)
- Patient Selection
- Pediatrics
(organization & administration)
- Spain
- Transplants
- Treatment Outcome
- Waiting Lists
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