J Korean Soc Transplant.  2006 Dec;20(2):160-171.

Multivisceral Transplantation

• Moon JI

Abstract

Small bowel transplantation is the most rapidly evolving area of the solid organ transplantation. Pathophysiologic nature of the intestinal failure leads various surgical options performing intestinal transplantation, e.g. isolated intestine, liver and intestine, and multivisceral transplantation. Because of high dosing of immunogenic tissue from the allograft, prevention and treatment of the acute rejection is still one of the main hurdles to improve clinical outcome after transplantation. With the contribution of refining surgical skills, novel immunosuppressive therapy, and upgraded patient management before and after transplantation, clinical outcome has been improved significantly for last decade. The indication of the intestinal transplantation, however, still remained to use this novel treatment option as a life- saving procedure in intestinal failure patients and not to be justified for pre-emptive intestinal transplantation. Intestinal or multivisceral transplantation has so many unveiled areas, which warrants additional vigorous study.

Keyword

Small bowel transplantation; Multivisceral transplantation

MeSH Terms

Allografts
Humans
Intestines
Liver
Organ Transplantation
Transplants