Outcome of Pediatric Liver Transplants in Patients With Less Than 10 kg of Body Weight Is Not Worse.

CONCLUSIONS: Pediatric patients weighing < 10 kg have similarif not better survivalrates after liver transplant compared with patients > 10 kg. Advancements in surgical techniques and a careful monitoring for complications and timely intervention are important to facilitate these outcomes.
PMID: 33187463 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - November 1, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Pandey Y, Varma S, Chikkala BR, Acharya R, Verma S, Balradja I, Das D, Dey R, Agarwal S, Gupta S Tags: Exp Clin Transplant Source Type: research