Roberta Gibbs: Wilson disease and liver transplant
Roberta has Wilson disease after chelation and TIPS, loses one liver offer, then receives a reperfused donation-after-cardiac-death liver.
In Plain English
Roberta needs a new liver because Wilson disease has advanced despite prior treatments.
What Happened in the Episode
Bailey reperfuses a liver after donor cardiac death so Roberta can receive it.
Clinical Concept
Wilson disease requiring liver transplant.
What ER Teams Would Evaluate
A real transplant team would review disease severity, transplant listing, donor organ suitability, ischemia time, reperfusion strategy, operative risk, immunosuppression, and ICU monitoring.
Treatment and Management Overview
Episode-supported management is liver transplant with a reperfused donation-after-cardiac-death liver.
What TV Gets Right
The episode shows that transplant offers can fall through and that organ viability matters.
What TV Compresses
The episode does not show allocation rules, perfusion technology details, MELD score, immunosuppression, ICU course, or rejection monitoring.
Sources and Further Reading
- iDRief catalog page
- Grey's Anatomy Universe Wiki - Flowers Grow Out of My Grave
- Flowers Grow Out of My Grave transcript
- Grey's Anatomy Universe Wiki - Flowers Grow Out of My GraveEPISODE
Supports: Supports Roberta's Wilson disease, prior treatments, transplant process, DCD liver reperfusion, transplant, and stable awake result.
- Flowers Grow Out of My Grave transcriptEPISODE
Supports: Supports scene context for Roberta's transplant.
- MedlinePlus Genetics - Wilson diseaseTIER 1
Supports: Supports general Wilson disease context.
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - Liver transplantTIER 1
Supports: Supports general liver transplant context.
- iDRief catalog pageEPISODE
Supports: Supports episode-level evidence for this curated case.