Patient Survival at 3 Years
The Pediatric Liver Care Center team at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center closely monitors every patient following a liver transplant. Every patient and family is discharged from the hospital with a complete post-transplant care plan that includes regular follow-up visits to the Liver Transplant Team.
From 2000-2003, the Pediatric Liver Care Center team at Cincinnati Children's has seen an 83-92% patient survival rate at three years:
Factors Affecting Patient Survival
Several factors can impact a patient's survival following a liver transplant, including:
- Age of the child at the time of the the transplant
- How sick the child was at the time of transplant (as indicated by PELD / MELD score)
- Whether or not the patient had previously been transplanted
- The primary disease / reason for the liver transplant
Patients are considered high-risk if they are:
- Less than age 2 at the time of transplant
- UNOS Status 1 at the time of transplant
- Retransplant candidate
- Multi-organ transplant
Since the chart above reflects 3-year patient survival rates for a liver transplant, data isn't yet available for subsequent years.
Last updated April 2007
