Epidemiology and outcomes of surgical site infections among pediatric liver transplant recipients.
David B BanachFidel Lopez-VerdugoJorge Sanchez GarciaAlexandria TranAdriana Gomez-LlerenaArmando Salim Munoz-AbrahamAlessandra BertaccoPamela L ValentinoPeter YooLouise-Marie DembryDavid C MulliganUdeme D EkongSukru H EmreManuel I Rodriguez-DavalosPublished in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2022)
SSIs after pediatric LT was less frequent than what has been previously reported in literature. SSIs were associated with the presence of biliary complications without an increase in mortality. SG had an increased rate of biliary complications without an association to SSIs but, considering its positive impact on organ shortage barriers, should not be a deterrent to the utilization of SGs.