Balanced approach can help initial outcomes: analysis of initial 50 cases of a new liver transplantation program in East Asia
- Authors
- Kim, Dong-Sik; Yu, Young-Dong; Jung, Sung-Won; Yang, Kyung-Sook; Seo, Yeon-Seok; Um, Soon-Ho; Suh, Sung-Ock
- Issue Date
- Jul-2014
- Publisher
- 대한외과학회
- Keywords
- Liver transplantation; Donor selection; Liver transplantation program; Outcome; Survival
- Citation
- Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research, v.87, no.1, pp 22 - 27
- Pages
- 6
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
- Volume
- 87
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 22
- End Page
- 27
- URI
- https://scholarworks.korea.ac.kr/kumedicine/handle/2020.sw.kumedicine/9162
- DOI
- 10.4174/astr.2014.87.1.22
- ISSN
- 2288-6575
2288-6796
- Abstract
- Purpose
To evaluate patient triage pattern and outcomes according to types of liver transplantation as part of a new liver transplant program developed in an East Asian country with a limited number of deceased donors.
Methods
Medical records of initial 50 liver transplantations were reviewed retrospectively.
Results
Twenty-nine patients underwent deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) and 21 patients underwent living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Mean model for end-stage liver disease scores of recipients of DDLT and LDLT were 24.9 ± 11.6 and 13.1 ± 5.4, respectively (P < 0.0001). Twenty-eight patients had HCCs and 17 of them (60.7%) underwent LDLT, which was 80.9% of LDLTs. There were 2 cases of perioperative mortality; each was from DDLT and LDLT, respectively. Median follow-up was 18 months. Overall patient and graft survival rates at 6 months, 1 and 2 years were 95.7%, 93.4%, and 89.8%, respectively. There was no significant difference in survival between DDLT and LDLT. Overall recurrence-free survival rates of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients at 6 month, 1, and 2 years were 96.3%, 96.3%, and 90.3%, respectively. There was no significant difference in recurrence-free survival between DDLT and LDLT.
Conclusion
As a new liver transplant program with limited resource and waiting list, patients with critical condition could undergo DDLT whereas relatively stable patients with HCCs were mostly directed to LDLT. We recommend a balanced approach between DDLT and LDLT for initiating liver transplant programs.
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