Transplantation of the liver in children
Transplantation of the liver is an effective radical way of treatment of acute and chronic hepatic insufficiency in adults and children, which has been confirmed by many studies. Development of new conservative and operative methods of treatment permitted to sharply reduce the mortality rate among patients on the waiting list and to widen the range of performing LT up to the neonatal period. With gaining therapeutic and surgical experience the number of post-operative complications decreased. Long-term follow-up of patients after LT shows that performance of this operation is expedient before the sings of a considerable delay of physical and mental development of the child appear.