Partial liver transplantation-living donor liver transplantation and split liver transplantation

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Beitragende

  • Sascha A. Müller - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Arianeb Mehrabi - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Bruno M. Schmied - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Thilo Welsch - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Hamidreza Fonouni - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Guido Engelmann - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Peter Schemmer - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Jürgen Weitz - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)
  • Jan Schmidt - , Universität Heidelberg (Autor:in)

Abstract

In the last two decades, liver transplantation (LTx) has become the treatment of choice for several liver diseases including hepatocellular carcinoma in selected cases. Improvements in surgical and anesthesiological procedures have increased patient survival after LTx, resulting in excellent 1-year survival rates. The ratelimiting factor to further increase the number of LTx is the extreme shortage of suitable organs with the consequence that pediatric and adult patients are dying on the waiting list. At present, mortality reported for pediatric and adult patients on the waiting list is 10 to 20%. Living-donor liver transplantation and split liver transplantation are measurements to reduce the severe lack of cadaveric grafts by expanding the donor pool. Major centers around the world now routinely perform partial LTx in infants and adults with survival success equivalent to that after full-size liver transplantation.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)viii13-viii13i
FachzeitschriftNephrology Dialysis Transplantation
Jahrgang22
AusgabenummerSUPPL.8
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2007
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 17890257

Schlagworte

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Schlagwörter

  • Liver transplantation, Living-donor liver transplantation, Partial-organ liver transplantation, Split-liver transplantation