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. 2024 Mar 1;11:1242009. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1242009

Table 2.

Clinical outcomes after liver transplantations in the pediatric patients with biliary atresia.

Outcome N = 145
Patient survival, N (%) 139 (95.8%)
Median patient survival time (years) 12.33 (8.43–16.48)
Expire after LT, N (%) 6 (4.1%)
 Post-op. complications 4/6 (66.7%)
 Acute rejection 1/6 (16.7%)
 Others 1/6 (16.7%)
Median time interval to expire (months) 2.80 (1.31–10.42)
Graft survival, N (%) 132 (91.0%)
Median graft survival times (years) 12.10 (6.36–16.25)
Re-liver transplantation, N (%) 7 (4.8%)
Median time interval to re-LT (months) 9.23 (5.91–74.5)
Cholangitis 24 (16.6%)
 With bile duct stricture 7 (4.8%)
 Single event 15/24 (62.5%)
 Multiple events 9/24 (37.5%)
Rejection 44 (30.3%)
 Single event 31 (70.5%)
 Multiple events 13 (29.5%)
Other postoperative complications
 PTLD 16 (11.0%)
 Portal vein stenosis 22 (15.2%)
 Bile duct stricture 9 (6.2%)
 Hepatic artery stenosis 4 (2.8%)
 Thrombosis 6 (4.1%)
 – Hepatic artery 2
 – Portal vein 3
 – Hepatic vein 1
 Bleeding 3 (2.1%)
 Infection 14 (9.7%)
 Bowel perforation, anastomosis leakage 6 (4.1%)

Values are expressed as n (percentage) or median (interquartile range).