409920login-check3D Planning Cut Post-Op Complications in Kids’ Liver Transplants |
— But little effect on graft, patient survival rates
Use of advanced preoperative 3D planning for pediatric liver transplant patients receiving larger grafts was associated with lower risk of postoperative complications, a small retrospective study in Taiwan found.
Kids receiving living-donor livers that were large-for-size — graft-to-recipient weight ratio (GRWR) ≥4% — had a significantly lower risk for postoperative complications in the 3D era than those receiving larger grafts in the pre-3D era and a control group of kids receiving better size-matched organs (OR 0.06, 95% CI 0.006-0.700, P=0.025), reported Chinsu Liu, MD, PhD, of the Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan, and colleagues. Read more.
409920login-check3D Planning Cut Post-Op Complications in Kids’ Liver Transplants |