title: Impact of the current organ allocation system for deceased donor liver transplantation on the outcomes of pediatric recipients: a single center experience in Japan.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to analyze the outcomes of children added to the waiting list for deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) and the results of DDLT in a single Japanese center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-seven children were listed on the organ allocation system for DDLT. The priority points related to the medical status of each patient were evaluated and stratified into four categories; 10, 8, 6, and 3 points. The clinical data were collected from the medical records, and the outcomes were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 10 priority points in 25 patients, 6 points in 13 and 3 points in 9. Ten recipients (21.3 %); 7 patients with 10 points and 3 patients with 6 points, underwent DDLT. Seven out of the 10 recipients received split/reduced liver grafts. The surgical complications consisted of biliary stricture, hepatic venous outflow obstruction, intraabdominal abscess and intraabdominal bleeding. Two recipients, who were critically-ill before DDLT, died due to sepsis. The one-year graft survival rate was 70.0 %, with a median follow-up period of 6.4 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The initial experience with pediatric DDLT in our series was satisfactory. Split LT of deceased donor organs may have the potential to resolve the serious organ shortage in Japan.
authors: Division of Transplant Surgery, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan, sakamoto-si@ncchd.go.jp.
authors: Seisuke
authors: S
authors: Sakamoto
authors: Hajime
authors: H
authors: Uchida
authors: Ikumi
authors: I
authors: Hamano
authors: Takanobu
authors: T
authors: Shigeta
authors: Kengo
authors: K
authors: Sasaki
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Kanazawa
authors: Akinari
authors: A
authors: Fukuda
authors: Mureo
authors: M
authors: Kasahara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007564:Japan; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014850:Waiting Lists
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