Long-term outcomes and predictors in pediatric liver retransplantation

• Published in: Pediatric transplantation Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 866 - 874
• Main Authors: Dreyzin, Alexandra, Lunz, John, Venkat, Veena, Martin, Lillian, Bond, Geoffrey J., Soltys, Kyle A., Sindhi, Rakesh, Mazariegos, George V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Graft Survival; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Liver Transplantation - mortality; long-term outcomes; Male; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); pediatric liver transplantation; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Proportional Hazards Models; Reoperation - mortality; retransplantation; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Young Adult; graft survival; retransplantation; long-term outcomes; pediatric liver transplantation

Historically, 9–29% of pediatric liver transplant recipients have required retransplantation. Although outcomes have improved over the last decade, currently published patient and graft survival remain lower after retransplant than after primary transplant. Data from liver retransplantation recipien...