caa a22 4500 47706812X CHVBK 20180405111418.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02730923 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02730923 Bhatnagar V. Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110 029, New Delhi aut Pediatric liver transplantation [Elektronische Daten] The Indian perspective [V. Bhatnagar] Liver transplantation is now the accepted treatment for end stage liver disease, hepaticbased inborn errors of metabolism and localised primary hepatic malignancies. In children the commonest indication is biliary atresia. Innovations in surgical techniques, particularly liver reductions/splits and living related transplants have not only shortened the waiting period but have improved the results of surgery as well. The long term survival for pediatric liver transplant recipients in most large series from the Western world is more than 85%. Treatment protocols for ITU care of donors and recipients, anaesthetic care during surgery and post-operative immunosuppression are available. A country like India has a crying need for the development of facilities for liver transplantation in children but a number of factors have hampered the progress. The cost of surgery and post-operative immunosuppression and attitudes on life and death issues have been the greatest impediment. A few organisational details have also to be addressed to in order to minimise interdepartmental clashes of interest. It is hoped that a viable programme would soon be available for the children in India. Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation, 1996 Liver failure nationallicence Chronic liver disease nationallicence Liver transplantation nationallicence Children nationallicence The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/6(1996-11-01), 751-760 0019-5456 63:6<751 1996 63 12098 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730923 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730923 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bhatnagar V. Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110 029, New Delhi aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/6(1996-11-01), 751-760 0019-5456 63:6<751 1996 63 12098 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer