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Transplantation in paediatric patients with MMA requires multidisciplinary approach for achievement of good clinical outcomes.

Alicia PaesslerMiriam Cortes-CerisueloWayel JassemHector Vilca-MelendezAkash DeepVandana JainAndrew PoolStephanie GrunewaldNicos KessarisJelena Stojanovic
Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2023)
Through a multidisciplinary approach between 9 specialties in 4 hospitals across England and Wales, and detailed pre-operative planning, a good outcome was achieved for this child. An hour by hour management protocol was drafted to facilitate transplant and included five domains: 1. management at the time of organ offer; 2. before the admission; 3. at admission and before theatre time; 4. intra-operative management; and 5. post-operative management in the first 24 h. Importantly, gaining a clear and in depth understanding of the metabolic state of the patient pre- and peri-operatively was crucial in avoiding metabolic decompensation. Furthermore, an abdominal rectus sheath fascia transplant was required to achieve abdominal closure, which to our knowledge, had never been done before for this indication. Using our experience of this complex case, as well as our experience in transplanting other children with MMA, and through a literature review, we propose a new perioperative management pathway for this complex cohort of transplant recipients.
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