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Progress in surgical techniques in pediatric liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Bartlett Adam,
Rela Mohamed
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2009.01209.x
Subject(s) - medicine , liver transplantation , organ donation , donation , hepatectomy , surgery , intensive care medicine , transplantation , liver disease , general surgery , resection , economics , economic growth
Bartlett A, Rela M. Progress in surgical techniques in paediatric liver transplantation.
Pediatr Transplantation 2010: 14: 33–40. © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Abstract Pediatric LT has evolved into an accepted treatment modality for children with end‐stage liver disease with excellent long‐term graft and patient survival. A number of factors have been critical in the improvement in recipient outcomes including a change in organ donation from donation after cardiac death, to donation after brain death, and more recently live donor LT and a better appreciation of hepatic anatomy allowing for split LT, LDLT, auxiliary partial orthotopic LT, and laparoscopic donor hepatectomy. In this review we summarize the surgical advances that have occurred in pediatric LT that have been important in shaping what is now considered by many to be a routine operation.