Pediatric liver transplant program at Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez

Pediatric liver transplant program at Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez

This article reports the experience of the largest pediatric liver transplant (LT) program in México. Between June 1998 and May 2011, 76 LT were performed in 74 recipients, including 80% cadaveric-whole organ grafts and 20% segmental grafts, 12% of those coming from live donors and 8% from cadaver r...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista de investigacion clinica 2011-09, Vol.63 Suppl 1, p.57-61
Hauptverfasser: Varela-Fascinetto, Gustavo, Hernández-Plata, J Alejandro, Nieto-Zermeño, Jaime, Alcántar-Fierros, J Manuel, Fuentes-García, Victor, Castañeda-Martínez, Pedro, Valencia-Mayoral, Pedro, Salgado-Ramírez, J Manuel
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Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Hospitals
Humans
Infant
Liver Transplantation - adverse effects
Liver Transplantation - statistics & numerical data
Male
Mexico
Postoperative Complications - epidemiology
Postoperative Complications - etiology
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Zusammenfassung:This article reports the experience of the largest pediatric liver transplant (LT) program in México. Between June 1998 and May 2011, 76 LT were performed in 74 recipients, including 80% cadaveric-whole organ grafts and 20% segmental grafts, 12% of those coming from live donors and 8% from cadaver reduced donors. The most common indication for LT was biliary atresia (43%), followed by metabolic disorders (13%) and fulminant hepatitis (12%). Most of the recipients were infants or toddlers weighing
ISSN:0034-8376