RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Living-related liver transplantation
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 276
OP 279
VO 22
IS 3
A1 Bassas, Atef F.
A1 Wali, Sami H.
A1 Chehab, May S.
A1 Al-Husseini, Hussa F.
A1 Al-Shahed, Mona S.
A1 Al-Shuraffa, Haider A.
A1 Jawdat, Muafak T.
YR 2001
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/22/3/276.abstract
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.