| News From Transplant Week of June 30, 2002 / Vol. 3 No. 265 |
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Canadian Study: Pediatric Liver Transplant Results Continue to Improve |
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Canadian researchers report that survival rates for pediatric liver transplant recipients are continuing to rise as a result of improvement in immunosuppressive medications and post-operative care. Researchers at the University of Western Ontario assessed the results of the center's liver transplant program, dividing the cases into three periods -- April 1984 to July 1988, August 1988 to December 1993 and January 1994 to December 1999. They found survival rates for the the first year after transplant went from 69 percent in the earliest period to 87 percent in the second period and 93 percent in the most recent period. Most of the children who survived the operation had normal growth and development, the researchers reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. "The
long-term outcomes for our patients are particularly encouraging
and 40 children are now in their second decade after transplantation
and doing well," they said. Other sources: Canadian Medical Association Journal |
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