Open AccessRetransplantation After Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Data from the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study
Author(s) -
Hillary J. Braun,
Joshua D. Grab,
Jennifer L. Dodge,
Shareef Syed,
Garrett R. Roll,
Marisa E. Schwab,
Iris H. Liu,
Alexa Glencer,
Chris E. Freise,
John P. Roberts,
Nancy L. Ascher
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000003361
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , living donor liver transplantation , transplantation , surgery , retrospective cohort study , liver disease , primary sclerosing cholangitis , gastroenterology , disease
The use of living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) for primary liver transplantation (LT) may quell concerns about allocating deceased donor organs if the need for retransplantation (re-LT) arises because the primary LT did not draw from the limited organ pool. However, outcomes of re-LT after LDLT are poorly studied. The purpose of this study was to analyze the Adult to Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Study (A2ALL) data to report outcomes of re-LT after LDLT, with a focus on long-term survival after re-LT.