Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 123-130, May 2008

Outcomes following liver transplantation

The Pediatric Liver Care Center, Departments of Pediatric Surgery/Transplantation, and Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.

As the field of Liver Transplantation has matured, survival alone is no longer an acceptable single metric of success. This chapter explores the impact of the PELD system for donor organ allocation, surgical modification of donor organs, living donation, and long-term transplant-related complications on overall quality of life and outcome. Strategies to improve survival, overall outcome, and health-related quality of life in long-term recipients are outlined.

Keywords: Liver transplantation, Quality of life, Long-term outcome, Liver transplant complications

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PII: S1055-8586(08)00009-7

doi:10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2008.02.008

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery
Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 123-130, May 2008

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