RT Book, Section
A1 Healey, Patrick J.
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 6723621
T1 Chapter 130. Liver Transplantation
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6723621
RD 2024/04/20
AB Liver  transplantation  is  now  the  accepted  standard  of  care  for  the  management  of  irreversible  end-stage  liver  disease  in  children.  Since  the  first  successful  liver  transplant  by  Starzl  in  1966,  continuous  improvements  in  patient  selection,  surgical  technique  and  postoperative  care,  as  well  as  advances  in  organ  preservation  and  immunosuppression  management  have  resulted  in  improved  graft  and  patient  survival.  Earlier  referral  for  transplantation,  and  advances  in  the  clinical  management  of  rejection,  infection,  and  biliary  and  vascular  complications  have  also  contributed  to  improved  outcomes.