title: Clinical experience of more than 200 cases of pediatric liver transplantation at a single center: improved patient survival.
abstract: The aim of this study was to present our experience with more than 200 cases of orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) at a single center. We conducted a retrospective, single-center assessment of the demographic and clinical factors in children who underwent OLT from 1994 to 2010. Two hundred children younger than 18 years of age underwent 200 primary and 9 liver re-transplantations. The overall patient survival rates before 2003 at 1, 5, and 10 years were 86.4%, 79.5%, and 78.4%, respectively; whereas after 2003 they were 95.4% and 95.4% at 1 and 5 years, respectively (P<.05). Our center's results showed durable, improved outcomes in recent years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: K-M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Y-J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S-G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome