Abstract
Liver resection is sometimes used as a graft saving procedure following orthotopic liver transplantation. In this single centre retrospective cohort study, 12 adult patients underwent resection over a 20 year period, including recipients of split livers and second grafts. Indications for resection were vascular (portal vein obstruction and hepatic artery thrombus), biliary (ischaemic cholangiopathy, chronic biliary obstruction, biliary-vascular fistula and biloma) and recurrence of disease (primary sclerosing cholangitis [PSC] and hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC]). There was no perioperative mortality. Median follow up was 89 months. At the completion of the study 40% of patients had functioning grafts. One third required retransplantation with a median 1 year 6 months post resection. Three patients were deceased (recurrent HCC n=1, PSC n=1 and unspecified causes n=1). Total graft survival was 91.7% at 1 year, 73.3% at 5 years and 64.2% at 10 years. Liver resection following liver transplant in select patients may salvage the graft or delay the need for retransplantation.
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