Successful regrafting of a transplanted liver

Transpl Int. 1997;10(3):245-6. doi: 10.1007/s001470050051.

Abstract

We report on the successful regrafting of a transplanted liver. The donor liver was first grafted into a patient suffering from cryptogenic cirrhosis; the patient died 1 day after the elective transplantation of cerebral bleeding. The well-functioning graft was harvested again and transferred to our institution. After another 12 h of cold ischemia, the liver was reperfused in an urgently registered patient with recurrence of hepatitis B in his first graft. The transplantation was successfully performed and the patient is now doing well, more than 5 months after regrafting with the reused liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Ischemia
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors