Outcomes of Liver Transplantation Using Pediatric Deceased Donor Livers: A Single-Center Analysis of 102 Donors

Overview

Journal Chin Med J (Engl)

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2018 Mar 10

PMID 29521290

Citations 4

Authors

Rui Zhang

Zhi-Jun Zhu

Li-Ying Sun

Lin Wei

Wei Qu

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Abstract

Background: The outcome of pediatric deceased donor liver transplantation (LT) has not been well studied, especially pediatric deceased donor livers used in adult transplantation. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of LT using pediatric deceased donor livers and compare the outcomes between pediatric-to-pediatric LT and pediatric-to-adult LT.

Methods: A retrospective review of LT using pediatric deceased donor livers from June 2013 to August 2016 was performed. The patients were divided into the pediatric-to-pediatric LT group and pediatric-to-adult LT group based on the ages of the recipients. The survival and incidence of early vascular complications (VCs) were observed between the two groups. We also analyzed the risk factors of early VCs in pediatric LT and the effect of donor hypernatremia on the prognosis of recipients.

Results: There were 102 cases of LT using pediatric deceased donor livers in our hospital from June 2013 to August 2016, 83 pediatric-to-pediatric LT (recipients' age ≤13 years) and 19 pediatric-to-adult LT (recipients' age ≥19 years). The ratio of early VC was similar in the two groups (19.3% vs. 10.6%, P = 0.514). Low body weight of recipient was an independent risk factor of early VC in pediatric LT (odds ratio: 0.856, 95% confidence interval: 0.752-0.975, P = 0.019). The 1-year cumulative survival rates of grafts and patients were 89.16% and 91.57% in pediatric-to-pediatric LT and 89.47% and 94.74% in pediatric-to-adult LT, respectively (all P > 0.05). In all cases, patients using donors with hypernatremia (serum sodium levels ≥150 mmol/L) had worse graft survival (χ=4.330, P = 0.037).

Conclusions: Pediatric-to-pediatric LT group has similar graft and patient survival rates with those of pediatric-to-adult LT group. Low body weight of recipients is an independent risk factor of early VC in pediatric LT. Patients using donors with hypernatremia have worse graft survival.

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