PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Bassas, Atef F.
AU  - Wali, Sami H.
AU  - Chehab, May S.
AU  - Al-Husseini, Hussa F.
AU  - Al-Shahed, Mona S.
AU  - Al-Shuraffa, Haider A.
AU  - Jawdat, Muafak T.
TI  - Living-related liver transplantation
DP  - 2001 Mar 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 276--279
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/22/3/276.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/22/3/276.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2001 Mar 01; 22
AB  - We report here, the first pediatric living-related liver transplant in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. Our patient is a 2 year old girl with a diagnosis of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis, causing intractable pruritis and failure to thrive requiring liver transplantation. The child was successfully transplanted using a segment of her mother's liver for living-related liver transplantation. Two years post-transplantation the patient is doing well. With the ongoing crises in cadaveric organ availability and the high prevalence of pediatric liver disease, living related liver transplantation is an ideal solution to this difficult and challenging problem.