Cadaveric orthotopic auxiliary split liver transplantation and kidney transplantation: an alternative for type 1 primary hyperoxaluria

Transplantation. 2005 Aug 15;80(3):421-4. doi: 10.1097/01.tp.0000168147.88707.80.

Abstract

Liver transplantation (LTX) corrects the enzymatic defect responsible for type 1 primary hyperoxaluria (PH1). It has been advocated in combination with kidney transplantation (KTX) in patients with renal failure from PH1 because KTX alone can result in early graft loss. A 58-year-old male patient with PH1 on hemodialysis underwent resection of the left lateral segment of the liver followed by orthotopic auxiliary left lateral segment liver transplantation and kidney transplantation from a deceased donor. The serum oxalate dropped from 34.8 micromol/L before transplant to 3.6-8.3 in the first months posttransplant to <1 micromol/L (normal range 0.4-3.0). One year after posttransplant, the patient has an iothalamate glomerular filtration rate of 58 ml/min. Orthotopic auxiliary LTX is an alternative to whole LTX in PH1. By using a split deceased donor liver, it does not deprive the donor pool and protects the recipient from liver failure in case of graft loss.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cadaver
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Glomerular Filtration Rate
  • Graft Rejection
  • Graft Survival
  • Humans
  • Hyperoxaluria, Primary / therapy*
  • Kidney Transplantation / methods*
  • Liver / anatomy & histology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Oxalates / blood*
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Donors
  • Transaminases / genetics

Substances

  • Oxalates
  • Transaminases
  • Alanine-glyoxylate transaminase