A. Ferrarese, M. Cananzi, L. Bosa, A. Dolcet, M. Senzolo, F.P. Russo, G. Germani, M. Gambato, A. Zanetto, E. Gringeri, C. Mescoli, U. Cillo, P. Burra
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Long-Term Outcomes and Transition to Adult Care After Pediatric Liver Transplantation: A 30-Year Experience from Padua University Hospital
Introduction
Pediatric liver transplantation (pLT) offers excellent survival rates, enabling many patients to reach adulthood and transition to the adult healthcare service (AHS).
AIM
To describe the short- and long-term outcomes of patients who underwent pLT at Padua University Hospital, focusing on the achievement of ideal outcome after transitioning to AHS.
Materials and Methods
All patients who underwent pLT between 1993 and 2022 were included. Short- (i.e., 6 months) and long-term (i.e., ≥20 years) outcomes were assessed. For those who transitioned to AHS, the rate of achieving an ideal outcome—defined as a combination of perfect graft function, no immunosuppression side effects, and no late reLT—was evaluated.
Results
197 pLTs were performed in 167 children (90 males [53.8%], median age at transplant 4 years). Biliary atresia was the most common underlying condition (31%), while oncological indications accounted for 16% cases. Patient and graft survival rates at 1, 5, 10, and 20 years were 87%, 84%, 80%, and 76%, and 76%, 75%, 70%, and 63%, respectively. Nineteen (11%) patients did not survive beyond 6 months after their first pLT, with the need for urgent re-LT identified as the only independent predictor of survival in multivariate analysis (p = 0.05). Among 27 patients who, at the time of analysis, had survived ≥20 years after pLT, all but one were still receiving immunosuppression; 7(26%) developed at least one major medical complication, 1(3.7%) underwent re-LT due to chronic rejection, and 1(3.7%) died of sepsis. Of the 48 patients who transitioned to AHS, an ideal outcome was achieved in 47%, 44%, and 45% of patients at 12, 36, and 60 months after transition, respectively.
Conclusions
Medical complications, whether related or unrelated to the graft, during the long-term follow-up of patients undergoing pLT significantly impact global health and the achievement of an ideal outcome.
期刊介绍:
Digestive and Liver Disease is an international journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. It is the official journal of Italian Association for the Study of the Liver (AISF); Italian Association for the Study of the Pancreas (AISP); Italian Association for Digestive Endoscopy (SIED); Italian Association for Hospital Gastroenterologists and Digestive Endoscopists (AIGO); Italian Society of Gastroenterology (SIGE); Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology (SIGENP) and Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IG-IBD).
Digestive and Liver Disease publishes papers on basic and clinical research in the field of gastroenterology and hepatology.
Contributions consist of:
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