Pediatric Liver Transplantation What is a Pediatric liver transplant? A Pediatric liver transplant is an operation performed to replace a child’s diseased or malfunctioning liver with a healthy one from another person. The new liver may come from a young organ donor. This is called a living donor. A living donor is usually a family member. Your child may get a whole liver or a segment of one. If an adult liver is available and is an appropriate match for two children (or a child and an adult) on the waiting list, the donor liver can be divided into two segments, and each part is transplanted. This is called a split liver transplant. Dr. Manoj Dongare performs liver transplantation for adults as well as children and both liver-related donors as well as cadaver donor liver transplants.
Why Would My Child Need a Liver Transplant? Children need liver transplants because they have a disease or condition that has damaged the liver or caused it to work improperly. In rare cases, genetic diseases that do not cause liver injury but do harm other organs can be corrected with liver transplants. Also, Children with the below diseases or conditions may also need a liver transplant: ▪
Biliary atresia:
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Familial cholestatic disorder