Endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection for the treatment of gastric varices in children.

Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate in treating acute bleeding of gastric varices in children.

Methods: The retrospective study included 21 children with 47 episodes of active gastric variceal bleeding who were treated by endoscopic injection of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate at Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital between August 2004 and December 2011. To reduce the risk of embolism, each injection consisted of 0.

Long-term outcomes of pediatric living donor liver transplantation at a single institution.

There have only been a few studies on the long-term outcomes and prognostic factors after pediatric LDLT. We conducted a retrospective, single-center assessment of the outcomes as well as the demographic and clinical factors that influenced the poor outcomes in 113 children aged <16 (median age 21 months; 6 months-15.5 yr) who underwent 115 LDLTs, predominantly for biliary atresia (60.

Infections after living donor liver transplantation in children.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the infectious complications after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in children. We enrolled 95 children (38 boys and 57 girls) who underwent LDLT from 1994 to 2004. The median age was 22 months (range, 6 months to 15 yr).

Characteristics and trends in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease in Korean children: a single-center experience.

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is rare in Asian children and few reports on pediatric IBD have appeared.

Aims: We, therefore, investigated the incidence trends and clinical characteristics of pediatric IBD in Korea.

Methods: We enrolled 48 children with Crohn's disease (CD) and 14 children with ulcerative colitis (UC) from 1996 to 2007.