Progress in pediatric liver transplantation--the Birmingham experience

D Talbot; O A Achilleos; B K Gunson; P McKiernan; S Beath; D A Kelly; J A Buckels; A D Mayer

doi:10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90011-7

Progress in pediatric liver transplantation--the Birmingham experience

J Pediatr Surg. 1997 May;32(5):710-3. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90011-7.

Authors

D Talbot¹, O A Achilleos, B K Gunson, P McKiernan, S Beath, D A Kelly, J A Buckels, A D Mayer

Affiliation

¹ Liver and Hepatobiliary Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England.

PMID: 9165457
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(97)90011-7

Abstract

This report describes the evolution of the Birmingham, UK experience with pediatric liver transplantation from 1983 to present. Two hundred liver grafts were placed in 168 children less than 17 years of age. The current survival rate exceeds 80%.

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
England
Humans
Infant
Liver Transplantation* / methods
Liver Transplantation* / mortality
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate