Reporting centers and number of transplants performed
 (Dec 31, 2022)

COUNTRY CITY HOSPITAL No of TX No of TX/Country
Portugal Lisbon Hospital Curry Cabral 273 591
Porto Hospital Sto Antonio 236
Coimbra Coimbra University Hospital 82
France Villejuif Hospital Paul Brousse/Kremlin Bicêtre 181 195
Lyon Hospital Edouard Herriot 5
Strasbourg Hôpital Hautepierre 4
Clichy Hospital Beaujon 3
Marseille Hospital de la Conception 2
Sweden Stockholm Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge 66 83
Gothenburg Sahlgrenska University Hospital 16
  Uppsala Uppsala University Hospital 1  
USA Rochester Mayo Clinic 38 82 
Burlington Lahey Clinic Medical Center 12
San Francisco UCSF Medical Center 10
Miami University of Miami 6
Philadelphia The Penn Transplant Center 5
Phoenix Mayo Clinic 4
Baltimore University of Maryland 3
Chapel Hill UNC Comprehensive Transplant Center 2
Pittsburgh Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute 1
Cleveland University Hospitals of Cleveland 1
Spain Barcelona Hospital de Bellvitge 43
68
Seville University Hospital Virgen del Rocio 15
Vizcaya Hospital de Cruces Barakaldo 6
  Barcelona Hospital Vall D'Hebron 2
   Pamplona  Clínica Universitaria  2
Germany Mainz Der Johannes Gutenberg Universität 24 60 
Hannover Medizinische Hochschule 15
Heidelberg Chirurgische Universitätsklinik 10
Tübingen Klinikum der Universität  10 
Münster Universitätsklinikum 1
Brazil São Paulo Hospital Albert Einstein 36 57
  Santo Amaro Oswaldo Cruz University Hospital 12  
  Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 9  
         
Japan Kumamoto Kumamoto University Hospital 25 54
  Kyoto Kyoto University 10  
Matsumoto Shinshu University Hospital 7
Tokyo National Center for Child Health and Development 4
Tokyo Tokyo University Hospital 3
Niigata Niigata University Hospital 2
Sapporo Sapporo University Hospital 2
Fukuoka Kyushu University 1
Belgium Brussels UCL St Luc 14 21
Liège CHU Sart Tilman 4
Gent University Hospital 3
China Beijing Beijing Friendship Hospital 17 18
  Hong Kong Queen Mary Hospital 1  
Switzerland Genève Hospital Cantonal 10 15
Bern Inselspital 5
UK London King´s College 11 12
Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1
Canada London London Health Science Center 4 9
Toronto Toronto General Hospital 3
Montreal Hospital Saint-Luc 2
Netherlands Groningen University Hospital 5 7
Rotterdam University Medical Center 2
Italy Torino Molinette Hospital 5 7
  Milan National Cancer Institute 1  
Milan Hospital Maggiore 1
India New Delhi Sir Ganga Ram Hospital 1 3
  Haryana Medanta - The Medicity 1  
  Coimbatore Kovai Medical Center and Hospital 1  
         
Australia Sydney Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 2 2
Taiwan Taipei Taipei Veterans General Hospital 2 2
Argentina Buenos Aires Hospital C Argerich 1 1
Romania Bucharest Fundeni Clinical Institute 1 1
Norway Oslo Rikshospitalet 1 1
New Zealand Auckland Auckland City Hospital 1 1

Recipient characteristics:

Sex distribution: Male 74% / Female 26%

Age: Mean 55.5±10.6 yrs, median 57.1 yrs, range 0.3 – 73.9  

Indications for domino liver transplantation No of cases

Primary hepatic malignancy 

539

Metastatic hepatic malignancy          30 
Alcoholic cirrhosis 239
Cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis B and C 216
Retransplantation 67
Other miscellaneous diagnoses 186
Diagnosis not specified 13

 

Donor risk (only FAP donors):

One year survival in FAP patients who were donors compared to non-donors were not significantly different, indicating no imposed risk to donate

 

Donor diseases other than FAP No of donors

Maple Syrup Urine Disease 

16

Fibrinogen a-chain amyloidosis         
Hyperoxalosis 4
Hypercholesterolemia 4
Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency 2
Hemochromatosis 2
Wilson disease 1
Hyperhomocysteinemia 1
Methylmalonic aciduria 1
Citrullinemia 1
Crigler Najjar 1
Methionemia 1
Propionic acidemia 1

 

Main causes of death (only recipients of FAP livers % of diseased patients

Peri-operative deaths 

4%

Tumor recurrence          20% 
Septicemia 13%
Cardiac related deaths 7%
Liver-related deaths 7%
Recurrence of original disease (non-tumoral) 5%
De novo tumor 5%
Multi organ failure 5%
Other 19%
Not reported 15%

 

Conclusion:

Domino liver transplantation offers excellent outcomes for selected recipients and expands the donor pool. Yet, the risk of disease transmission requires careful consideration.
FAP patients show no elevated risk when serving as domino donors.