Influence of early biliary complications on survival rates after pediatric liver transplantation-A positive outlook

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BACKGROUND: Early biliary complications (EBC) constitute a burden after pediatric liver transplantation frequently requiring immediate therapy. We aimed to assess the impact of EBC on short- and long-term patient and graft survival as well as post-transplant morbidity.

METHODS: We analyzed 121 pediatric liver transplantations performed between 1984 and 2019 at the Medical University of Innsbruck for the occurrence of early (<90 days) biliary complications and investigated the influence of EBC on patient and graft survival.

RESULTS: Early biliary complications occurred in 30 (24.8%) out of the 121 pediatric liver transplant recipients. Patient survival at 15 years (89.2% vs. 84.2%, p = .65) and all-cause (82.5% vs. 74.0%) and death-censored graft survival (82.5% vs. 75.1%, p = .71) at 10 years were similar between the EBC and the non-EBC group. The EBC group had a significantly longer ICU (25 vs. 16 days, p < .001) and initial hospital stay (64 vs. 42 days, p = .002). Livers of patients with EBC were characterized by multiple bile ducts (33.3% vs. 13.2%, p = .027), and patients with EBC had a higher risk to develop late biliary complications (OR 2.821 [95% CI 1.049-7.587], p = .044) and bowel obstruction/perforation (OR 4.388 [95% CI 1.503-12.812], p = .007).

CONCLUSION: Early biliary complications after pediatric liver transplantation is frequent. The occurrence of EBC significantly increased post-transplant morbidity without affecting mortality. Multiple bile ducts were the only risk factor for the development of EBC in our cohort.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

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Pediatric transplantation - 25(2021), 7 vom: 07. Nov., Seite e14075

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Berchtold, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Messner, Franka [VerfasserIn]
Weissenbacher, Annemarie [VerfasserIn]
Oberhuber, Rupert [VerfasserIn]
Entenmann, Andreas [VerfasserIn]
Aldrian, Denise [VerfasserIn]
Vogel, Georg [VerfasserIn]
Margreiter, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Ulmer, Hanno [VerfasserIn]
Krapf, Johanna [VerfasserIn]
Cardini, Benno [VerfasserIn]
Schlitt, Hans J [VerfasserIn]
Margreiter, Raimund [VerfasserIn]
Öfner, Dietmar [VerfasserIn]
Müller, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Schneeberger, Stefan [VerfasserIn]

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Early biliary complications
Journal Article
Pediatric liver transplantation

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Date Completed 02.02.2022

Date Revised 02.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/petr.14075

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NLM327323329