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.