What every pediatrician should know about liver transplantation
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Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for children with end-stage liver disease. Improvement in outcomes (allograft and patient survival) has led to widespread use of pediatric LT worldwide. This success is due to improvement in patient selection, transplant surgery, anesthesia/postoperative care and immunosuppression management. This review will focus on different aspects of LT which every pediatrician should know to provide better patient care.
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volume 3 issue 3
pages 27- 30
publication date 2017-08
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