Key figures

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Children's Hospital
Rue willy-Donzé 6
1205 Geneva
Switzerland

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The Swiss pediatric liver center - HUG
Rue willy-Donzé 6
1211 Geneva 14
Switzerland

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FOR EMERGENCIES
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Barbara Wildhaber
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Barbara Wildhaber
Chief Medical Officer of the Pediatric Surgery Division
Valérie McLin
Prof
Valérie McLin
Attending Physician in the Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pediatric Nutrition Unit

Key figures 2021-2023

Key figures

1989
The first liver transplantation for a child in Switzerland takes place at the HUG 

2019
The Swiss Pediatric Liver Center celebrates its 30th anniversary

More than 500 families receive care at the Center
More than 15 specialities work together at the Center

The Swiss Pediatric Liver Center is the headquarters of the International Registry of Congenital Portosystemic Shunts

The Swiss Pediatric Liver Center is accredited for highly specialized medicine (HSM)

Liver transplantation in children

Every year, 8 to 12 children receive a new liver 

226 children received a new liver since 1989

Indications for pediatric liver transplantations 2007-2023

Indications for pediatric liver transplantations

 

Age at transplantation 2021-2023
 

Age at transplantation

 

Weight at transplantation 2021-2023

Wight at transplantation 2021-2023

 

Liver transplantation in children

Liver transplantation

 

For more information: Key figures 2021-2023

Last update : 14/05/2024

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