TY - JOUR
T1 - Orthotopic liver transplantation for congenital biliary atresia
T2 - An 11- year, single-center experience
AU - Goss, John A.
AU - Shackleton, Christopher R.
AU - Swenson, Kim
AU - Satou, Nancy L.
AU - Nuesse, Barbara J.
AU - Imagawa, David K.
AU - Kinkhabwala, Milan M.
AU - Seu, Philip
AU - Markowitz, Jay S.
AU - Rudich, Steven M.
AU - McDiarmid, Sue V.
AU - Busuttil, Ronald W.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Objective: The authors analyze a single centers 11 year experience with 190 orthotopic liver transplants for congenital biliary atresia. Summary Background Data: Hepatic portoenterostomy generally is the initial treatment for children with congenital biliary atresia. Despite multiple modifications of the hepatic portoenterostomy, two thirds of treated patients still develop recurrent cholestasis, portal hypertension, eholangitis, and cirrhosis. Therefore, the only hope of long term survival in the majority of children with congenital biliary atresia is definitive correction with orthotopic liver transplantation. Methods: The medical records of 190 consecutive patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation for congenital biliary atresia from July 1, 1984 to February 29, 1996 were reviewed. Results were analyzed via Cox multivariate regression analysis to determine the statistical strength of independent associations between pretransplant covariates and patient and graft survival. Actuarial patient and graft survival was determined at 1, 2, and 5 years. The type and incidence of post transplant complications were determined, as was the quality of long term graft function. The median follow up period was 321 years. Results: The liver grafts were comprised of 155 whole organ, 24 reduced-size, and 11 living- donor organs. Median pretransplant values for recipient age, weight, and total bilirubin were 1.4 years, 123 kg, and 138 mg/dL, respectively. One hundred sixty four patients (86%) had undergone prior hepatic portoenterostomy. Eighty-seven patients (46%) were United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) status 1 or 2 at the time of liver transplantation the majority (15/24, 62%) of reduced size graft recipients were UNOS status I at the time of transplantation. One hundred fifty-nine patients (84%) received a single graft, whereas 31 patients required 37 retransplants. The 1, 2, and 5 year actuarial patient survival rates were 83%, 80%, and 78% respectively, whereas graft survival rates were 81%, 77%, and 76%, respectively. Cox multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that pretransplant total bilirubin, UNOS status, and graft type significantly predicted patient survival, whereas recipient age, weight, and previous hepatic portoenterostomy did not. Current median follow up values for total bilirubin and aspartate aminotransferase levels in the 154 surviving patients were 0.5 mg/dL and 34 international units/L, respectively. Conclusion: Long-term patient survival after orthotopic liver transplantation for congenital biliary atresia is excellent and is independent of recipient age, weight, or previous hepatic portoenterostomy. Optimal results are obtained in this patient population when liver transplantation is performed before marked hyperbilirubinemia, and when possible, using a living donor graft.
AB - Objective: The authors analyze a single centers 11 year experience with 190 orthotopic liver transplants for congenital biliary atresia. Summary Background Data: Hepatic portoenterostomy generally is the initial treatment for children with congenital biliary atresia. Despite multiple modifications of the hepatic portoenterostomy, two thirds of treated patients still develop recurrent cholestasis, portal hypertension, eholangitis, and cirrhosis. Therefore, the only hope of long term survival in the majority of children with congenital biliary atresia is definitive correction with orthotopic liver transplantation. Methods: The medical records of 190 consecutive patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation for congenital biliary atresia from July 1, 1984 to February 29, 1996 were reviewed. Results were analyzed via Cox multivariate regression analysis to determine the statistical strength of independent associations between pretransplant covariates and patient and graft survival. Actuarial patient and graft survival was determined at 1, 2, and 5 years. The type and incidence of post transplant complications were determined, as was the quality of long term graft function. The median follow up period was 321 years. Results: The liver grafts were comprised of 155 whole organ, 24 reduced-size, and 11 living- donor organs. Median pretransplant values for recipient age, weight, and total bilirubin were 1.4 years, 123 kg, and 138 mg/dL, respectively. One hundred sixty four patients (86%) had undergone prior hepatic portoenterostomy. Eighty-seven patients (46%) were United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) status 1 or 2 at the time of liver transplantation the majority (15/24, 62%) of reduced size graft recipients were UNOS status I at the time of transplantation. One hundred fifty-nine patients (84%) received a single graft, whereas 31 patients required 37 retransplants. The 1, 2, and 5 year actuarial patient survival rates were 83%, 80%, and 78% respectively, whereas graft survival rates were 81%, 77%, and 76%, respectively. Cox multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that pretransplant total bilirubin, UNOS status, and graft type significantly predicted patient survival, whereas recipient age, weight, and previous hepatic portoenterostomy did not. Current median follow up values for total bilirubin and aspartate aminotransferase levels in the 154 surviving patients were 0.5 mg/dL and 34 international units/L, respectively. Conclusion: Long-term patient survival after orthotopic liver transplantation for congenital biliary atresia is excellent and is independent of recipient age, weight, or previous hepatic portoenterostomy. Optimal results are obtained in this patient population when liver transplantation is performed before marked hyperbilirubinemia, and when possible, using a living donor graft.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000658-199609000-00004
DO - 10.1097/00000658-199609000-00004
M3 - Article
C2 - 8813256
AN - SCOPUS:9544255688
SN - 0003-4932
VL - 224
SP - 276
EP - 287
JO - Annals of surgery
JF - Annals of surgery
IS - 3
ER -