Long-term outcome of combined radiologic and surgical strategy for the management of biliary complications after pediatric liver transplantation.

Objectives: We aimed to analyze the risk factors for management failure of BC after pediatric liver transplantation (pLT) by retrospectively analyzing primary pLT performed between 1997 and 2018 (n = 620 patients).

Results: In all, 117/620 patients (19%) developed BC. The median (range) follow-up was 9 (1.

Biliary drainage surgery before or after 3 months of life versus primary liver transplantation in children with biliary atresia: comparative cohort study.

Background: Early biliary drainage surgery (BDS; Kasai) is associated with longer transplant-free survival in biliary atresia. However, evidence is lacking on whether an age limit can be established at which liver transplantation should be performed as first-line treatment for children with a delayed diagnosis of biliary atresia. The aim of the current study was to compare the outcome of a large cohort of children with biliary atresia who underwent BDS after 90 days of life with those who underwent early BDS (before 90 days) and those who did not receive BDS and were directly referred for primary liver transplantation.

Epidemiology and complications of anaesthesia in the French centres that participated to NECTARINE: A secondary analysis.

Introduction: Neonatal and infant anaesthesia are associated with a high risk of perioperative complications. The aim of the current study was to describe those risks in France using the French data from the NECTARINE study.

Material And Methods: Data from the French centres that participated to the NECTARINE study were analysed.

Long-term outcome of liver transplantation in childhood: A study of 20-year survivors.

We report the results of a study of survival, liver and kidney functions, and growth with a median follow-up of 24 years following liver transplantation in childhood. From 1988 to 1993, 128 children underwent deceased donor liver transplantation (median age: 2.5 years).

Comparison of monitoring performance of bioreactance versus esophageal Doppler in pediatric patients.

Background And Aims: Cardiac output (CO) monitoring and goal-directed therapy during major abdominal surgery is currently used to decrease postoperative complications. However, few monitors are currently available for pediatric patients. Nicom(®) is a noninvasive CO monitoring technique based on the bioreactance principle (analysis of frequency variations of a delivered oscillating current traversing the thoracic cavity).