Outcomes of pediatric liver transplantation for progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.
Anu K VasudevanNaresh ShanmugamAshwin RammohanJoseph J ValamparampilKshetra RinaldhyJagadeesh MenonRavikumar ThambithuraiSaravanapandian NamasivayamIlankumaran KaliamoorthyMohamed RelaPublished in: Pediatric transplantation (2023)
Ours is the largest to-date series of LT for PFIC illustrating their short- and long-term outcomes. While the results for the whole cohort were excellent, those after LT for PFIC1 was relatively poorer as reflected by catch-up growth, graft steatosis, and post-LT diarrhea, which can be optimized by the addition of TIBD during LT.