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Resolution of severe graft steatosis following dual‐graft living donor liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Moon DeokBog,
Lee SungGyu,
Hwang Shin,
Kim KiHun,
Ahn ChulSoo,
Park KwangMin,
Ha TaeYong,
Song GiWon
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
liver transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.814
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1527-6473
pISSN - 1527-6465
DOI - 10.1002/lt.20814
Subject(s) - medicine , steatosis , liver transplantation , transplantation , fatty liver , biopsy , surgery , liver biopsy , gastroenterology , disease
Although severely steatotic liver grafts are not suitable for transplantation, they have been used when other, more optimal donors were not available, especially for living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using two liver grafts. Here we present two cases of dual‐graft LDLT in which the recipients showed rapid and complete clearing of fat from livers with previously severe steatosis. In the first case, two left lateral segment grafts were used, one of which was 70% steatotic. Preoperative and posttransplant two‐week liver‐to‐spleen computed tomography‐value (L/S) ratios were 0.48 and 1.25, respectively. A liver biopsy taken two weeks after transplantation showed that the fatty changes had almost disappeared. The second case used one left lobe and one left lateral segment graft, the latter of which was 80% steatotic. Preoperative and two‐week L/S ratio were 0.58 and 1.34, respectively, and a liver biopsy taken two weeks after transplantation showed less than 3% steatosis. The two donors of the severely steatotic liver grafts recovered uneventfully. These findings show that the fat content of the liver grafts was rapidly removed after transplantation. This observation is helpful in understanding the recovery sequences following transplantation of steatotic liver grafts, as well as expanding the acceptability of steatotic liver grafts. Liver Transpl 12:1156–1160, 2006. © 2006 AASLD.