Long-term outcomes following ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation for acute liver failure : a single-center experience of over 20 years

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PURPOSE: Acute liver failure is a life-threatening condition for which ABO-incompatible living donor liver transplantation (ABOi-LDLT) is sometimes the only life-saving treatment option. We reviewed a single-center experience of adult ABOi-LDLT treatment for acute liver failure (ALF).

METHODS: Preoperative treatment, immune indices (B cell marker, anti-donor blood-type antibody), and postoperative outcomes were compared between ALF and non-ALF groups.

RESULTS: There were 5 and 33 patients in the ALF and non-ALF groups, respectively. The ALF group received higher doses of steroids, underwent more rounds of plasma exchange (PE), and underwent transplantation for ALF with a shorter interval following preoperative rituximab (RTx) administration (median: 2 vs 13 days; P < 0.05) than the non-ALF group. Preoperatively, CD19-positive lymphocytes in the peripheral blood were sufficiently depleted in all of the non-ALF group patients, whereas they were poorly depleted in the ALF group. Postoperatively, neither group suffered anti-donor blood-type antibody titer rebound or antibody-mediated rejection. The ALF group had a comparable 5-year survival rate to the non-ALF group (80.0% vs 77.9%).

CONCLUSIONS: Despite the delayed preoperative administration of RTx, the ALF group showed an uneventful immunological response and acceptable long-term survival rate. Thus, ABOi-LDLT seems a viable treatment option for ALF.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

Enthalten in:

Surgery today - 53(2023), 10 vom: 19. Okt., Seite 1160-1172

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hirukawa, Kazuya [VerfasserIn]
Shinoda, Masahiro [VerfasserIn]
Hasegawa, Yasushi [VerfasserIn]
Obara, Hideaki [VerfasserIn]
Kitago, Minoru [VerfasserIn]
Yagi, Hiroshi [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Yuta [VerfasserIn]
Yamada, Yohei [VerfasserIn]
Tanabe, Minoru [VerfasserIn]
Kitagawa, Yuko [VerfasserIn]

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4F4X42SYQ6
ABO Blood-Group System
ABO incompatible
Acute liver failure
Journal Article
Living donor liver transplantation
Rituximab
Steroids

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Date Completed 02.10.2023

Date Revised 02.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00595-023-02678-w

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NLM357749863