Abstract
Objective To investigate the application and clinical value of donation after citizens death (DCD) in salvage liver transplantation (SLT).Method The clinical data of 12 recipients who underwent SLT from DCD of 12 donors at the Guangzhou General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area from October 2010 to December 2013 were retrospectively analyzed.Of the donors,there was one case of type of China-Ⅰ,2 cases of the type of China-Ⅱ and 9 cases of the type of China-Ⅲ.Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was applied to donation after brain and cardiac death to avoid warm ischemia.Of the recipients,6 met the Milan criteria,3 UCSF(The University of California,San Francisco) criteria and 3 Hangzhou criteria respectively.Orthotopic liver transplantation was performed on recipients.Eleven recipients received end-to-end anastomosis of the bile duct and followed up regularly.Result Liver transplantation was successfully performed on all recipients.No mortality during operation,no recovering delay and non-function of the transplanted liver occurred.Postoperative complications occurred in 4 cases,2 patients died,and 2 patients recovered and discharged after the second surgery.Ten recipients had a long-term survival.Two cases of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence were still alive after active treatment.The longest survival time was 42 months.All of them had no long-term complications such as biliary stricture.Conclusion The role and status of SLT in the treatment of HCC has become increasingly,and there will be more and more use of DCD donor in SLT.To ensure the DCD donors safely and effectively applied in SLT,we should grasp the characteristics of SLT,choose the appropriate DCD donor according to recipients,and rationally use the ECMO to protect the graft quality. Key words: Salvage therapy; Liver transplantation; Organ harvesting; Carcinoma,hepatocellular; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
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