39ème Congrès | Groupe Francophone d'Hépatologie-Gastroentérologie et Nutrition Pédiatriques
D I J O N 2 9 – 3 1 M A R S 2 0 1 8
ATRESIE DES VOIES BILIAIRES:
le choix des donneurs en cas de greffe
Dr Roberto TAMBUCCI
Unité de Chirurgie et Transplantation Pédiatriques
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
Université catholique de Louvain
B R U X E L L E S
BILIARY ATRESIA (BA) is
the most common indication for pediatric liver transplantation
RH SQUIRES et al, HEPATOLOGY, July 2014
RH SQUIRES et al, HEPATOLOGY, July 2014
At least 80% of patients with BA
are transplanted by 20 years of age,
with the majority transplanted
under 4 years of age.
Indications to LT for BA patients
- ongoing cholestasis, decompensated biliary cirrhosis
- cholangitis,
- portal hypertension with or without variceal hemorrhage,
- poor weight gain,
- fat soluble vitamin deficiencies,
- hepatopulmonary syndrome,
- porto-pulmonary hypertension,
- and rarely hepatocellular carcinoma.