title: The role of interventional radiology in complications after paediatric liver transplantation.
abstract: Liver transplantation has become an established treatment in both adults and children for end-stage liver disease, acute hepatic failure and certain liver tumours. There is a significant risk of complications after all forms of liver transplantation. The interventional radiologist plays a critical role in the diagnosis and treatment of these complications. The use of image-guided, minimally invasive procedures reduces the need for surgical revision or retransplantation and improves graft and patient survival rate. This article reviews some of the most common vascular and non-vascular complications after paediatric liver transplantation, and the interventional radiology techniques used to diagnose and treat them.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cantrell
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000601:surgery; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D015642:Radiology, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods