Liver Transplant Outcomes / Quality Measures

Liver Transplant Outcomes / Statistics

Tracking outcomes of pediatric liver transplants at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and sharing these statistics with our families is an important part of how we continually improve our delivery of care, resulting in a better quality of life for you and your child. Read stories about some of our patients.

Since the beginning of the program in 1986, the Cincinnati Children's Liver Care Center team has performed a total of 399 transplants, 47% of the recipients were <2 years of age and 46% of the organs were from technically variant donors.

General Information and Demographics | Liver Transplantation and Recovery | Complications |
After Liver Transplant l Additional Information / Resources

 

Cincinnati Children's

Jan. 2002
to Dec. 2006

 Last 25 Transplants at Cincinnati Children's

Dec. 2006 to Mar. 2008
General Information and Demographics  
Number of Transplants: Total number of pediatric liver transplants performed 127 25
Deceased Organ Donors: Number of patients transplanted with an organ from someone who has died 118 24
Technical-Variant Donors: Number of patients transplanted with an organ from a living related donor, reduced-size liver or split liver 69 9
Median Wait Time for Liver Transplant: Number of days a child waited for a liver transplant 66 days 64 days
Deaths While on Waiting List: % of patients who died while on the waiting list for a liver 8% 4.88%
Patients Under Age 2: % of patients under age 2 receiving a liver transplant. 47% 44%
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Median Length of Stay Following Transplant: Median number of days a patient is hospitalized after a liver transplant 15 days 15 days
Patient Survival at 90 Days (%): % of patients living 90 days after their transplant procedure 90% 100%
Graft / Organ Survival at 90 Days (%): % of liver grafts / organs living 90 days after transplant procedure 87% 100%
Complications Within 90 Days   Back to Top
Vascular Complications: Number of patients experiencing complications from the clotting or blockage of blood vessels 18 (15%) 3 (12%)
Biliary Complications: Number of patients experiencing complications caused by problems with bile (the waste product produced by the liver) 4  (3%) 3 (12%)
Rejections: Number of patients experiencing complications from how the body's immune system reacts to the new organ 46 (39%) 9 (36%)
Post-Operative Infection: Number of patients that developed post-operative infection (due to the immunosuppressive drugs that are prescribed to prevent rejection, the risk of infection is greater) 32 (27%) 10 (40%)
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Patient Survival at 3 Years: % of patients living three years after their transplant procedure

87%

 Not applicable
Patients Retransplanted: % of patients needing to have their liver retransplanted 8% 0% 
Medication Levels in Normal Range: % of blood draws from post-transplant patients that were in the normal range No data available 79%
Patient Perceived Quality of Life: % of parents / caregivers who consider their child's quality of life excellent and very good (% of "Excellent" and "Very Good" responses) 72% 68%
Patient's Perceived Health Status: % of parents / caregivers who rate their child's health status as excellent or very good (% of "Excellent" and "Very Good" responses) 64% 60%

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Last updated April 2007