Paediatric living donor liver transplantation

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 11 Sep 2012Publisher:South African Medical Association NPCJournal:South African Medical Journal, volume 102, page 879 (eissn: 2078-5135,

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Authors: Botha, J F;

doi: 10.7196/samj.6261

pmid: 23116749

Paediatric living donor liver transplantation

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Abstract

Paediatric liver transplantation is a highly effective therapy for children with end-stage liver disease; 1-year survival rates currently exceed 90% and long-term survivors enjoy an almost-normal quality of life. Key to the success of paediatric liver transplantation has been the technical refinement to provide children with suitably sized grafts. Adult-to-paediatric living donor liver transplantation highlights this success and has been instrumental in decreasing waiting list mortality to less than 5%.

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End Stage Liver Disease, Biliary Atresia, Living Donors, Humans, Child, Prognosis, Liver Transplantation

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