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Donor Considerations

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Solid Organ Transplantation in Infants and Children

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Pediatric liver transplantation is the standard of care for children with end-stage liver disease. Innovations and refinements in surgical technique over the last half century have propelled the field to excellent long-term outcomes posttransplant. Future advances in pediatric allocation and organ utilization will help realize the goal of minimizing persistent pediatric wait-list mortality and morbidity.

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA

    Evelyn Hsu

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA

    Jorge Reyes

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  1. Jefferson Medical College, AI Dupont Hospital for Children Department of Surgery, Wilmington, Delaware, USA

    Stephen P. Dunn

  2. Liver & Intestine Transplantation, Seattle Children’s Hospital Liver & Intestine Transplantation, Seattle, Washington, USA

    Simon Horslen

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, M5G 1X8, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Vicky Lee Ng

  2. Pediatric Liver Care Center, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    John C. Bucuvalas

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Hsu, E., Reyes, J. (2017). Donor Considerations. In: Dunn, S., Horslen, S. (eds) Solid Organ Transplantation in Infants and Children. Organ and Tissue Transplantation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08049-9_9-1

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