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History of Pediatric Liver Transplantation: Multimedia

Author: Beth A Carter, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Coauthor(s): Murat Kilic, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Ege University Medical School, Turkey; Saul Karpen, MD, PhD, Director, Texas Children's Liver Center, Children's Hospital of Houston, Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular/Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine; John Goss, MD, Director of Liver Transplantation, Texas Children's Hospital, Associate Director of Liver Transplantation, Baylor/Methodist Liver Center, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
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Updated: Jun 13, 2006

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Liver Transplants in the United States by Recipie...Media file 1: Liver Transplants in the United States by Recipient Age, January 1993-December 2005
Liver Transplants in the United States by Recipie...

Liver Transplants in the United States by Recipient Age, January 1993-December 2005

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers By Age, 1993-...Media file 2: Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers By Age, 1993-2002. Note that these data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one of the organs transplanted. Adapted from OPTN/SRTR Annual report (http://www.optn.org/AR2003/904a_age_li.html).
Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers By Age, 1993-...

Recipients of Deceased Donor Livers By Age, 1993-2002. Note that these data include multi-organ transplants in which a deceased donor liver was one of the organs transplanted. Adapted from OPTN/SRTR Annual report (http://www.optn.org/AR2003/904a_age_li.html).

PELD Score CalculationMedia file 3: PELD Score Calculation
PELD Score Calculation

PELD Score Calculation

Sequence of Liver AllocationMedia file 4: Sequence of Liver Allocation
Sequence of Liver Allocation

Sequence of Liver Allocation

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Further Reading

Keywords

history of pediatric liver transplantation, reduced-sized liver transplantation, RSLT, living donor liver transplantation, LDLT, split-liver transplantation, SLT

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Beth A Carter, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
Beth A Carter, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Gastroenterological Association, American Liver Foundation, and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Murat Kilic, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Liver Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Ege University Medical School, Turkey
Murat Kilic, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Texas Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Saul Karpen, MD, PhD, Director, Texas Children's Liver Center, Children's Hospital of Houston, Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular/Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Saul Karpen, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Gastroenterological Association, and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

John Goss, MD, Director of Liver Transplantation, Texas Children's Hospital, Associate Director of Liver Transplantation, Baylor/Methodist Liver Center, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
John Goss, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, American Medical Association, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Sigma Xi, Southwestern Surgical Congress, and Texas Medical Association
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Casimir F Firlit, MD, PhD, Consulting Staff, Department of Urology, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital
Casimir F Firlit, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Urological Association, and Illinois State Medical Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

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Managing Editor

Brian F Gilchrist, MD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Tufts-New England Medical Center; Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

CME Editor

Ron Shapiro, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh; Director, Kidney, Pancreas, and Islet Transplantation, Thomas E Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Ron Shapiro, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, Association for Academic Surgery, Central Surgical Association, and Society of University Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Chief Editor

Stuart M Greenstein, MD, Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Consulting Surgeon, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Montefiore Medical Center
Stuart M Greenstein, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Society of Transplantation, Association for Academic Surgery, International College of Surgeons, Medical Society of New Jersey, National Kidney Foundation, New York Academy of Sciences, and Southeastern Surgical Congress
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

 
 
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