Table 2.

Main causes of death within a year after liver transplantation among 86 children in precyclosporine era and 40 children in cyclosporine era.

	Precyclosporine era (86 children)	Cyclosporine era (40 children)
Intra- and Perioperative death	3	1
Surgical technical complication	15	7
Unsatisfactory liver graft	3	1
Graft rejection	9	4
Infection	20	0
Recurrent malignancy	1	0
Other	2a	1b
Total	53	14

^aOne died from pulmonary emboli at 52 days and another from respiratory insufficiency due to an oversized graft.

^bOne died from graft hypoxia due to marked pulmonary arteriovenous shunt.