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(2) Methods: This is a retrospective single-center study analyzing all pediatric liver transplants from 1983\u20132020. Risk factors for mortality and graft loss were identified by univariable and multi-linear regression analysis. (3) Results: We analyzed 858 liver transplantations in 705 pediatric patients. Five-year patient\/graft survival increased from 60.9%\/48.0% (1983\u20131992) to 97.5%\/86.5% (OR = 12.5; p &lt; 0.0001\/OR = 6.5; p &lt; 0.0001) (2014\u20132020). Indications changed significantly over time, with a higher proportion of patients being transplanted for malignancies and metabolic disease and indications of PFIC and \u03b11AT-deficiency declining. The era of transplantation (log7.378\/9.657; p &lt; 0.0001) and indication of acute liver failure (log = 1.944\/2.667; HR = 2.015\/1.772; p = 0.0114\/0.002) impairs patient\/graft survival significantly in the multivariate analysis. Furthermore, patient survival is worsened by re-transplantation (log = 1.755; HR = 1.744; p = 0.0176) and prolonged waiting times in high-urgency status (log = 2.588; HR = 1.073; p = 0.0026), whereas the indication of biliary atresia improved outcome (log = 1.502; HR = 0.575; p = 0.0315). Graft survival was additionally impaired by pre-existing portal vein thrombosis (log = 1.482; HR = 2.016; p = 0.0330). (4) Conclusions: Despite more complex indications, patient and graft survival after pLTx continue to improve.. Acute liver failure remains the indication with poorest outcome, and listing for high urgency liver transplantation should be considered carefully and early to keep waiting time on HU list short. Furthermore, pre-transplant portal vein thrombosis should be prevented whenever possible to improve graft survival.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children8080641","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,27]],"date-time":"2021-07-27T12:18:31Z","timestamp":1627388311000},"page":"641","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Recipient-Specific Risk Factors Impairing Patient and Graft Outcome after Pediatric Liver Transplantation\u2014Analysis of 858 Transplantations in 38 Years"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7243-8728","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christoph","family":"Leiskau","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"},{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Centre G\u00f6ttingen, Georg August University G\u00f6ttingen, 37073 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3099-2667","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Norman","family":"Junge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eva-Doreen","family":"Pfister","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Imeke","family":"Goldschmidt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frauke","family":"Mutschler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tobias","family":"Laue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Johanna","family":"Ohlendorf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6585-7676","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hamoud","family":"Nasser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jan","family":"Beneke","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Core Facility Quality Management and Health Technology Assessment in Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicolas","family":"Richter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Florian","family":"Vondran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ulrich","family":"Baumann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Department of Pediatric Kidney, Liver and Metabolic Diseases, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"659","article-title":"Homotransplantation of the Liver in Humans","volume":"117","author":"Starzl","year":"1963","journal-title":"Surg. 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