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  • Title: Living donor hepatectomy in a pregnant woman.
    Author: Lin CC, Chen CL, de Villa VH, Chen YS, Wang CC, Wang SH, Cheng YF, Huang TL, Hsu TY.
    Journal: Hepatogastroenterology; 2007 Mar; 54(74):539-40. PubMed ID: 17523317.
    Abstract:
    Liver transplantation with a live donor is an effective way to expand the donor pool. Restrictive selection of living donors may assure donor safety but limit the utility of this resource. A 12-month-old recipient with biliary atresia was rapidly deteriorating with hepatic encephalopathy, massive ascites and coagulopathy. Her mother, the only possible living donor, expressed a strong desire to donate part of liver to her baby, although she was found to be pregnant. The donor hepatectomy was then undertaken at 18 weeks of gestation. A left lateral segmentectomy was performed. Her postoperative course was uneventful and she was discharged 7 days after the operation. She gave birth to a healthy term baby without any complications 5 months later. Both recipient and her younger brother are well 12 months after the operation. Despite the limited experience reported herein, pregnancy may no longer be considered an absolute contraindication for live liver donation.
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