Open AccessOne Hundred Thirty-Two Consecutive Pediatric Liver Transplants Without Hospital Mortality
Author(s) -
Dieter C. Bröering,
Jong-Sun Kim,
Teresa Mueller,
Lutz Fischer,
Rainer Ganschow,
Turan Bicak,
Lars Müeller,
C. Hillert,
Christian Wilms,
Bernd Hinrichs,
K. Helmke,
W. Pothmann,
M. Burdelski,
Xavier Rogiers
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000146148.01586.72
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , surgery , transplantation , liver disease , complication , thrombosis , pneumonia , retrospective cohort study
Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has become an established procedure for the treatment of pediatric patients with end-stage liver disease. Since starting our program in 1989, 422 pediatric OLTs have been performed using all techniques presently available. Analyzing our series, we have concluded that the year of transplantation is the most important prognostic factor in patient and graft survival in a multivariate analysis.