Living Related Liver Transplantation. Why This Option Has Been Discarded in a Pediatric Liver Transplant Program in Chile

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings Vol. 37; no. 8; pp. 3378 - 3379
• Main Authors: Uribe, M., Buckel, E., Ferrario, M., Godoy, J., González, G., Ceresa, S., Hunter, B., Cavallieri, S., Berwart, F., Blanco, Á., Smok, G., Calabrán, L., Herzog, C., Santander, M.T.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2005; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Attitude to Health; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Family; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Graft Rejection - epidemiology; Humans; Liver Transplantation - statistics & numerical data; Living Donors - psychology; Living Donors - statistics & numerical data; Living Donors - supply & distribution; Medical sciences; Retrospective Studies; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Tissue, organ and graft immunology; Treatment Outcome; South America; Chile; America; Human; Pediatrics; Program; Digestive system; Living donor; Liver; Related donor; Transplantation; Homotransplantation; Medicine; Treatment; Surgery; Graft; Child

Living related living transplantation (LRLT) has opened new possibilities for planning transplantation in better conditions for children with emergency situations and chronic liver diseases. Since we began the LRLT program in 1999, we have performed 57 pediatric liver transplants, 17 (29.8%) using l...