Transplantation Technologies & Research

Luís Eduardo Veras Pinto

Publications

• Case Report
  Liver Transplantation From Donor With Situs Inversus Totalis: Is It a Safety Procedure?
  Author(s): Gustavo Rêgo Coelho, José Francisco Rêgo e Silva Filho, Amaury de Castro e Silva Filho, Luís Eduardo Veras Pinto, Cayo Cesar Goes Texeira and José Huygens Parente GarciaGustavo Rêgo Coelho, José Francisco Rêgo e Silva Filho, Amaury de Castro e Silva Filho, Luís Eduardo Veras Pinto, Cayo Cesar Goes Texeira and José Huygens Parente Garcia
  
  Background: The situs inversus is a rare condition of unknown cause that occurs in less than 0.1% of the population. A standard operation procedure has not been established for liver transplantation when the graft comes from a donor with situs inversus. Counting with this, there are nine cases of transplant with liver graft from deceased donors with situs inversus totalis reported in literature. Methods - Case Report: During organs harvesting of a young male, it was found that all organs of the abdominal and thoracic cavities were located in changed positions, as if it were a mirror image, diagnosing the donor with situs inversus totalis. The liver was flushed with standard preservation solution and procured using standard techniques. The recipient was a female with cirrhosis caused by Wilson’s disease. She was Child-Pugh C and M.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0991.1000161

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