Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure

House, A.K.; Jeffrey, G.P.; Edyvane, K.A.; Barker, A.P.; Chapman, M.D.; Garas, G.; Ferguson, J.; van Heerden, P.V.; Gibbs, N.M.; Heath, D.I.; Mitchell, A.W.

Medical Journal of Australia 175(4): 202-204

2001


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-729X
PMID: 11587280
Document Number: 536207
The outcome of fulminant hepatic failure without timely liver transplantation is poor. We describe a 19-year-old woman with fulminant hepatic failure due to acute hepatitis B infection who received a living donor liver transplant from her sister. The donor's recovery was uneventful, allowing hospital discharge on Day 6. Two months after transplantation the recipient developed a biliary stricture requiring surgery. One year after transplantation, her liver function was normal.

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