title: Postoperative care in pediatric liver transplantation.
abstract: In the last 25 years, liver transplantation in children has become an effective, definitive, and universally accepted treatment for terminal liver diseases. Long-term survival exceeds 80% and improves each year as the result of constant technical advancements and improvements in immediate postoperative intensive care and clinical control.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pediatric Surgery Research (LIM-30), Pediatric Surgery and Liver Transplantation Division, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Uenis
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tannuri
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Pediatric Surgery Research (LIM-30), Pediatric Surgery and Liver Transplantation Division, Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Aoun
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Tannuri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology*; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D008488:Medical Illustration; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012008:Recurrence; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000628:therapy