Successful reuse of liver grafts after death of the first recipient

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Clinical Transplantation
Volume 20 Page 604  - September/October 2006
doi:10.1111/j.1399-0012.2006.00524.x
Volume 20 Issue 5


Successful reuse of liver grafts after death of the first recipient

José Castellote, Laura Lladó, Xavier Xiol, David Julià, Raquel Ballester,
Emilio Ramos, Joan Fabregat and Antoni Rafecas
Castellote J, Lladó L, Xiol X, Julià D, Ballester R, Ramos E, Fabregat J,
Rafecas A. Successful reuse of liver grafts after death of the first
recipient.
Clin Transplant 2006: 20: 604–608. © Blackwell Munksgaard, 2006
Abstract: Brain death secondary to cerebrovascular disease is a possible
early complication of orthotopic liver transplantation. If liver graft
continues to function normally, the reuse of liver for another patient may
be considered. We report three cases of successful reuse of liver grafts
after death of the first recipient. In our experience, liver graft can be
reused in the first weeks after a previous transplantation provided that
liver function is good, in the absence of systemic uncontrolled infection,
graft rejection and after gross graft examination at laparotomy.

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