Living donor small bowel transplantation: Literature review 2003–2006
Enrico Benedetti, MD, FACS, Division of Transplantation, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612, USATel.: 312 996 6771Fax: 312 413 3483E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
Abstract: The experience with living donors for intestinal transplantation is limited. However, Intestinal Registry data suggest that the outcomes of the procedure are comparable with those obtained with intestinal transplant from deceased donors. In selected cases, this strategy may have a role in the treatment of patients with irreversible intestinal failure suffering life-threatening complications from total parenteral nutrition. The present review covers most of the published data on this topic between 2003 and 2006, with special reference to living donor intestinal transplantation of pediatric recipients.
