Liver allografts from donors with peritoneal contamination: report of two cases



Document title: Liver allografts from donors with peritoneal contamination: report of two cases
Journal: Annals of hepatology
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000411388
ISSN: 1665-2681
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Year:
Season: Mar-Abr
Volumen: 14
Number: 2
Pages: 281-285
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Caso clínico, descriptivo
English abstract Organs from deceased donors with traumatic abdominal injury, peritoneal contamination and open abdomen are usually discarded due to risks of transmission of severe infections to the recipient. There are no specific recommendations regarding organ utilization from these donors, but they might be an unexplored source able to attenuate organ shortage. Herein, the first successful report of a case involving liver transplantation using a liver allograft procured from a deceased donor with an open abdomen is outlined. This donor was a young trauma patient in which peritoneal contamination had occurred following a gunshot wound. Also included in this the report is liver transplant from a donor, who also was a trauma victim with an enteric perforation. The decision-making process to accept liver allografts from donors with a greater risk of peritoneal infection involved the absence of uncontrolled sepsis or visible contamination of the cavity. Appropriate donor-recipient matching and adequate anti-infectious management might have contributed to a favorable outcome, which suggest that these donors can be used as alternatives to reduce organ shortage
Disciplines: Medicina
Keyword: Cirugía,
Gastroenterología,
Trasplante de hígado,
Control de infecciones,
Contaminación peritoneal,
Abdomen abierto
Keyword: Medicine,
Gastroenterology,
Surgery,
Liver transplantation,
Infections control,
Peritoneal contamination,
Open abdomen
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