Post-operative care
Patients with platelet count >50,000/mm3were kept on dipyridamole (1 mg/kg/day) or aspirin (3 mg/kg) for 3
months after the transplant. Tacrolimus (FK 506, Prograf) and steroids
were used for immunosuppression. Details of post-operative clinical
management have been previously described and were equal to the care
provided for children transplanted for other reasons (metabolic diseases
and cirrhosis) 9,
10.