title: Pediatric liver transplantation.
abstract: In the past two decades, pediatric liver transplantation has become the state-of-the-art operation with anticipated success and limited mortality. The future success of pediatric liver transplantation will require thoughtful solutions to the delicate balance of risk to donors and recipients, the complex needs of the acute postoperative patient, and the long-term challenges of chronic immunosuppression in these previously unsalvageable patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Liver Care Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, 3333 Burnet Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tiao
authors.forename: Frederick C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Ryckman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D018579:Patient Selection; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D012086:Reoperation; D016019:Survival Analysis; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting; D016896:Treatment Outcome