Abstract
Liver transplantation has become the standard of care for end-stage liver disease in children. As liver transplantation has become increasingly successful, the focus has now shifted to the improvement of long-term outcomes for paediatric liver transplant recipients. The liver transplant operation is no doubt as major an operation as any other performed in children, and thus proper preoperative preparation of both the patient and family is vital to optimise transplant outcomes. The ethics of and specific indications for paediatric liver transplantation are covered elsewhere. This chapter instead focuses on preoperative assessment of the paediatric liver transplant candidate, specifically focusing on medical evaluation, contraindications to transplantation, timing of the transplant procedure and preparation of the child’s family regarding perioperative and postoperative expectations.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Surgery of the Liver, Bile Ducts and Pancreas in Children, Third Edition |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 369-374 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781444181210 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781444181203 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2017 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine