Pediatric liver transplantation is one of the great feats of modern medicine. It has evolved from an experiment bordering on futility into a standard of care with 1-year survival outcomes approaching 95%. Transplant allografts have proven to be incredibly durable; after more than 30 years of follow-up, we have not yet reached the median survival in pediatric liver transplantation.¹ Since 1988, a total of 15 805 children (<18 years) have successfully undergone lifesaving liver transplants in the United States,² and the number continues to grow.

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即将为儿童提供的潜在死者肝捐赠可能满足未满足的需求

小儿肝移植是现代医学的伟大成就之一。它已从一项关于徒劳的实验演变为一种护理标准，其一年生存率接近95％。移植同种异体移植物已被证明非常耐用。经过30多年的随访，我们尚未达到小儿肝移植的中位生存期。¹自1988年以来，在美国共有15 805名儿童（<18岁）成功地进行了挽救生命的肝脏移植手术，²并且这一数字还在继续增长。