Krankheiten nach Lebertransplantation

Liver transplantation represents a very successful curative therapy for end-stage liver disease in children and adolescents. Despite good overall outcome there are several surgical, medical and pharmacokinetic complications, which should be considered in the interdisciplinary challenge of long-term follow-up. This paper describes typical complications following liver transplantation with respect to different postoperative time periods with the aim to aid physicians in clinics and private practice in follow-up examinations of children following liver transplantation.