Outcomes of Pediatric Liver Transplantation in Korea Using Two National Registries.

ABSTRACT: This retrospective study aimed to evaluate overall survival and the risk factors for mortality among Korean pediatric liver transplantation (LT) patients using data from two national registries: the Korean Network Organ Sharing (KONOS) of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Korean Organ Transplantation Registry (KOTRY). Prospectively collected data of 755 pediatric patients who underwent primary LT (KONOS, February 2000 to December 2015; KOTRY, May 2014 to December 2017) were retrospectively reviewed. The 1-, 5-, 10-, and 15-year survival rates were 90.6%, 86.7%, 85.8%, and 85.5%, respectively, in KONOS, and the 1-month, 3-month, 1-year, and 2-year survival rates were 92.1%, 89.4%, 89.4%, and 87.2%, respectively, in KOTRY. There was no significant difference in sur

SUBMITTER: Hong SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7694033 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature