title: Current techniques for pediatric liver transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Orthotopic liver transplantation in the pediatric population is a technically challenging undertaking, requiring highly specialized surgical techniques unique to this group. This review describes the most current method of transplantation for these patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pediatric liver transplantation employs multiple modifications of standard transplant technique, including alternative methods of vascular and biliary anastomoses as well as technical variant grafts. We herein describe how these methods are employed in procurement, back-table preparation, hepatectomy, and allograft implantation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This review provides concise direction of surgical technique for pediatric liver transplant recipients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Abdominal Transplantation, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Ronald T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Cotton
authors.forename: N Thao T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Jacfranz J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Guiteau
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Goss
mesh_terms: D064591:Allografts; D002648:Child; D006498:Hepatectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D009926:Organ Preservation; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement