title: Living donor liver transplantation for biliary atresia.
abstract: Biliary atresia is the most common cause of chronic cholestasis in infants and children. The incidence is estimated at 3.7:10,000 among Taiwanese infants. Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy helps children survive beyond infancy. Liver transplantation is indicated when the Kasai procedure fails to work or when patients develop progressive deterioration of liver function despite an initially successful Kasai operation. Living donor liver transplantation was developed to alleviate organ shortage from deceased donors. It has decreased the waiting time for transplantation and, therefore, improves patient survival. One hundred living donor liver transplantations have been performed for biliary atresia at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Kaohsiung Medical Center with both 98% 1-year and 5-year actual recipient survival.
authors.affiliation: Liver Transplantation Program, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. 123, Dapi Rd., Niaosong Township, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Shih-Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chao-Long
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Allan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Concejero
authors.forename: Chih-Chi
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chih-Che
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yueh-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Chin-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Chee-Chien
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yong
authors.forename: Tsan-Shiun
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yuan-Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chiang
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jawan
authors.forename: Tung-Liang
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yu-Fan
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Hock-Liew
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Eng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology