Liver Care at Children's Hospital Colorado
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The Pediatric Liver Center at Children's Hospital Colorado, managed jointly by the medical, surgical and transplantation teams, is a multidisciplinary clinic specifically designed to meet the needs of children with liver disease. The Pediatric Liver Center is internationally recognized for staff contributions leading to new discoveries in diagnosis, treatment and surgery for pediatric hepatobiliary disorders.
Children's Hospital Colorado, in partnership with the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, is the only provider of complete pediatric multispecialty liver transplant services in the Rocky Mountain region. Whole liver, reduced segment liver, split liver, and living related donor liver transplants are offered. The program emphasizes excellent transplant outcome and a close working relationship with primary care providers and families.
Liver Conditions Treated
- Acute and chronic hepatitis, including infectious (Hepatitis A, B, and C viruses), autoimmune and others
- Arteriohepatic dysplasia (Alagille syndrome)
- Biliary and gall bladder disorders
- Biliary Atresia
- Choledochal cyst
- Cirrhosis
- Congenital bile duct malformations
- Congenital liver disease
- Cystic fibrosis liver disease
- End-stage liver disease due to biliary atresia, alpha-1- antitrypsin deficiency, Byler's syndrome, Alagille syndrome, chronic active hepatitis, Wilson's disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis and many others
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Liver tumors and masses
- Metabolic disorders involving the liver (hemochrematosis, glycogen storage disease, Wilson 's disease, etc.)
- Portal hypertension and esophageal varices
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Nonalcoholi fatty liver disease
- Portal Hypertension
- Other causes of liver disease
Services Provided
- Liver transplantation, evaluation and follow-up
- Advanced technologies and the most current treatment protocols for improved diagnosis, care, education and recovery
- Board-certified pediatric gastroenterologists, hepatologists, pediatric surgeons and transplant surgeons
- Pediatric nurses specially trained in the treatment of pediatric liver and biliary disorders
- Comprehensive consultation, diagnosis and treatment for all pediatric hepatic and biliary disorders
- Consultation, evaluation and administration of liver transplant candidacy
- Clinical trials of new medications and treatments
- NIH funded clinical and basic research studies of novel diagnostic and treatment modalities
- Educational services for patients, families, school, staff, physicians and other providers
- Advanced endoscopic procedures (including ERCP and MRCP) for diagnosis and therapy
- Nutrition counseling and support provided by a Pediatric dietitian/nutritionist
- Nurse transplant coordinators
- Psycho-social evaluations and follow-up, patient and family support groups
- Intervential radiological procedures
- Part of several national networks of pediatric research centers for liver disease
- Surgical treatment including the Kasai procedure for biliary atresia
- Assistance in accessing financial resources
