Open AccessPediatric Transplantation: The Hamburg Experience
Author(s) -
Jong-Sun Kim,
Rainer Grotelüschen,
Teresa Mueller,
Rainer Ganschow,
Turan Bicak,
Christian Wilms,
Lars Müeller,
K. Helmke,
M. Burdelski,
Xavier Rogiers,
Dieter C. Bröering
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000160758.13505.d2
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , transplantation , orthotopic liver transplantation , surgery , survival rate , united network for organ sharing , pediatrics
Since starting our program in 1989, 455 pediatric orthotopic liver transplantations have been performed using all techniques. In April 2001, we experienced our last in-hospital death of a pediatric liver-transplant recipient. Since then, all our liver-transplant children (n=170) were able to be discharged from the hospital. The aim of this study is to analyze the actual status of pediatric liver transplantation at the University of Hamburg and to find future perspectives to improve the results after pediatric liver transplantation.