Open AccessCombined liver-kidney transplant in a 21-month-old child with type 1 primary hyperoxaluria—The perioperative challenges
Author(s) -
Nidhin Eldo,
Sangeeth P Srinivasan,
Nisha Rajmohan,
Mathew Jacob
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_871_19
Subject(s) - primary hyperoxaluria , medicine , kidney transplant , liver transplantation , kidney , perioperative , kidney transplantation , urology , pediatrics , surgery , transplantation
Primary hyperoxaluria type 1(PH 1) is the most common indication for a paediatric combined liver-kidney transplant. It is a technically challenging procedure. We describe the challenges in managing a 21-month-old female child weighing 7 kg for a combined liver-kidney transplant from two related living donors.