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Pediatric Liver Transplantation

Journal of the Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons 2013;19(1):14-21.
Published online: June 28, 2013

Division of Pediatric Surgery, Deptartment of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Correspondence: Suk-Koo Lee, M.D., Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea. Tel: 02)3410-3464, Fax: 02)3410-0040, sukkoo.lee@samsung.com

Copyright © 2013 Korean Association of Pediatric Surgeons

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  • Pediatric liver transplantation has evolved into a definite and effective therapeutic modality for various liver diseases in the pediatric patient. During the last 25 years, liver transplant outcomes in Korea have reached international standards and Korea has become the leader in living-donor liver transplantation. This review will present the cumulative outcomes of pediatric liver transplantation performed in Korea and will focus on other issues of interest involving pediatric liver transplant recipients, especially in the field of immunosuppression and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.
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Fig. 1
Cases of pediatric liver transplantation in Korea6
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Fig. 2
Survival of patients (A) and grafts (B) in pediatric liver transplantation6
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Table 1
Indications for Liver Transplantation in 534 Pediatric Patients in Korea6
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Fig. 1 Cases of pediatric liver transplantation in Korea6
Fig. 2 Survival of patients (A) and grafts (B) in pediatric liver transplantation6
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Indications for Liver Transplantation in 534 Pediatric Patients in Korea6

Table 1 Indications for Liver Transplantation in 534 Pediatric Patients in Korea6