Table 2 Review of published reports of LT due to liver trauma (n > 1)
From: Transplantation after blunt trauma to the liver: a valuable option or just a "waste of organs"?
Author/centrum | Reason of liver injury | Indication for transplant | Technique | Re-transplant | Graft survival | Patient survival |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Esquivel [18], Chicago, USA 1987 | motor vehicle accident (n = 2) | nonreconstructable injuries to the portal vein, nonfunctional hepatic remnants | 2 × whole DDLT |  |  | 50% ≥ 16 months |
Ringe [17], Hannover, GER1991 and 1995 | motor vehicle accident (n = 3) | massive unsalvageable liver trauma, (anhepatic before transplant) | 3 × whole DDLT |  |  | 100% ≥ 12 months, 33% ≥ 5 years, (17-67; 49 months) |
Delis [4], Miami, USA1996 to 2007 | gun-shot liver(n = 3) blunt abdominal trauma (n = 1) | active liver bleeding, liver failuresecondary biliary cirrhosisportal vein laceration, liver gangreneportal vein thrombosis, liver failure | 4 × whole DDLT | n = 1 | 1 × Re-transplant | 75% ≥ 9 years, (108-132; 120 months) |
Heuer, Essen, GER1987 to 2008 | motor vehicle accident (n = 4) | active liver bleeding, liver failurehematoma expansion, liver failureafter left-lateral resection, liver failure | 2 × whole DDLT, 1 × right-split DDLT, 1 × right LDLT | n = 2 | 2 × Re-transplants after 1 week and 2 months, respectively | 50% ≥ 2 months, (2 and 48 months) |