Living donor liver transplantation for hepatic malignancies in children

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BACKGROUND: Living donor liver transplantation is a treatment option for unresectable hepatic tumors in children.

METHODS: We enrolled 45 living donor transplantations performed between 1993 and 2018 for liver malignacies, which included hepatoblastoma (n = 33), hepatocellular carcinoma (n = 10), hepatic angiosarcoma (n = 1), and rhabdomyosarcoma (n = 1).

RESULTS: No mortality or major morbidities were encountered in any donor, and the complication rate was 9%. In the hepatoblastoma group, 5-year overall and event-free survival rate in recipients was 87.4% and 75.8%, respectively, and mortality was significantly higher in patients after rescue transplantation (p = .001). Inferior vena cava replacement in these recipients appeared to be associated with reduced mortality (p = .034), but this was not confirmed when rescue patients were excluded (p = .629). In hepatocellular carcinoma group, both 5-year overall and event-free survival rates were 75.4% each, and invasion of hepatic veins was significantly associated with increased risk of recurrence and death (p = .028). The patient with rhabdomyosarcoma died from EBV-induced lymphoma 2 months after transplantation. The patient with angiosarcoma was in complete remission at the last follow-up. Overall, 5-year graft survival rate was 81.3%, and one patient underwent re-transplantation due to chronic rejection.

CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric oncological liver transplantation has become a key player in the management of malignancies with cancer cure in 84% of patients in this series. Living donor liver transplantation for pediatric recipients with unresectable tumors might be a beneficial surgical option, which is technically safe for donors and recipients, thus, allowing timely planning according to chemotherapy protocols.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Pediatric transplantation - 25(2021), 7 vom: 22. Nov., Seite e14047

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pire, Aurore [VerfasserIn]
Tambucci, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
De Magnée, Catherine [VerfasserIn]
Sokal, Etienne [VerfasserIn]
Stephenne, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Scheers, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Zech, Francis [VerfasserIn]
Gurevich, Micheal [VerfasserIn]
Brichard, Bénédicte [VerfasserIn]
Reding, Raymond [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hepatoblastoma
Journal Article
Living donor liver transplantation
Malignancy

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Date Completed 02.02.2022

Date Revised 02.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/petr.14047

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NLM326253793