Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.3 Issue No.10. October 2001
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Liver Transplants

Indian Transplant Newsletter.
Vol.3 Issue No.10. October 2001
Print ISSN 0972 - 1568
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Domino transplants are a way of optimizing organ supply by utilizing an organ that otherwise would have been thrown away.

            Arlyn Schier, 52, was diagnosed with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy, a rare genetic disorder where the liver produces an abnormal protein, about two years ago. Without a transplant, doctors estimated that Schier received a Cadaveric liver transplant after an 8-month wait. The next day, his damaged but still functioning liver was transplanted into Nathan Henne, 67, who was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2000. The liver that is now in Henne will continue to produce the abnormal protein that, over 5 decades, sickened Schier. But Henne is not expected to experience any health problems from the insidious protein secretion for at least 30 years, according to doctors. The domino liver transplant as it is called was first performed in Miami, Florida in the USA in 1996. Since then, it has been done about 50 times. This particular domino liver transplant was done at the Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) in Chicago, Illinois.

 


To cite : Shroff S, Navin S. Liver Transplants. Indian Transplant Newsletter. Vol.3 Issue No.10. October 2001.
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