Living donor liver transplantation: the Kaohsiung experience

Wang, S.H; Chen, C.L; Chen, Y.S; Wang, C.C; Villa, Vanessa H. de; Goto, Shigeru; Chiang, Yuan‐Cheng; Cheng, Yu‐Fan; Huang, Tung‐Liang; Cheung, H.K; Jawan, Bruno; Eng, Hock Liew

doi:10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01604-3

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“…To overcome the shortage of organ donors, living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is being performed increasingly in such places as Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea. [128][129][130][131][132] In the first series reported by the Japanese, 19 (56%) of the 34 patients with fulminant hepatic failure survived after LDLT. 128 In LDLT, the limit of the graft volume is an important issue because a small-sized graft is prone to reperfusion injury leading to primary graft nonfunction.…”

Section: Liver Transplantation In the Far Eastmentioning

confidence: 99%

Current Issues and Treatment of Fulminant Hepatic Failure including Transplantation in Hong Kong and the Far East

Cheng

Lo²,

Lau³

2003

Semin Liver Dis

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In the Far East, fulminant hepatic failure is mainly due to viral hepatitis. In areas where hepatitis B infection is endemic, exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B infection, either spontaneously or on withdrawal of immunosuppressive therapy, is the major cause of fulminant hepatic failure. For hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive patients treated with intense immunosuppressive or cytotoxic therapy, preemptive use of lamivudine has drastically reduced the incidence of hepatitis due to hepatitis B exacerbation. Recently, the application of orthotopic liver transplantation, in particular living donor liver transplantation, has markedly improved the survival of patients with fulminant hepatic failure. In Hong Kong, the phenomenon of adoptive transfer of immunity to hepatitis B virus in liver transplantation has recently been reported. The mechanisms by which transfer of immunity occurs and its potential relationship with grafts from living related donors should be further explored.

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Section: Liver Transplantation In the Far Eastmentioning

confidence: 99%