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Adult‐to‐adult living donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure
Author(s) -
House Anthony K,
Jeffrey Gary P,
Edyvane Katherine A,
Barker Andrew P,
Chapman Martin D,
Garas George,
Ferguson John,
Heerden Peter V,
Gibbs Neville M,
Heath Dugal I,
Mitchell Andrew W
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143096.x
Subject(s) - fulminant hepatic failure , medicine , liver transplantation , fulminant , fulminant hepatitis , acute hepatic failure , transplantation , liver failure , surgery , living donor liver transplantation , gastroenterology , hepatitis
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.