Combined liver ‐kidney transplantation for primary hyperoxaluria type I in children: Single Center Experience

This study aimed to report outcome of CLKT in a pediatric cohort of PH1 patients, through retrosp ective analysis of data of 8 children (2 girls and 6 boys) who presented by PH1 to Wadi El Nil Pediatric Living Related Liver Transplant Unit during 2001‐2017. Mean age at transplant was 8.2 ± 4 years. Only three of the children underwent confirmatory genotyping. Three patients died prior to s urgery on waiting list. The first attempt at CLKT was consecutive, and despite initial successful liver transplant, the girl died of biliary peritonitis prior to scheduled renal transplant. Of the four who underwent simultaneous CLKT, only two survived and are well, one with insignificant complicati ons, and other suffered from abdominal Burkitt lymphoma managed by excision and resection anastomosis, four cycles of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisone. The other two died, one due to uncontrollable bleeding within 36 hours of procedure, while the other died awaiting renal tr ansplant after loss of renal graft to recurrent renal oxalosis 6 months post‐transplant. PH1 with ESKD is a rare disease; simultaneous CLKT offers good quality of life for afflicted children. Graft shortage and renal graft loss to oxalosis challenge the outcome.
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research