TY - JOUR
T1 - Liver Transplantation
T2 - Patient Selection, Perioperative Surgical Issues, and Expected Outcomes
AU - Maynard, Erin
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - Liver transplant rates are at an all-time high, with nearly 8000 liver transplants in 2015. Despite the increasing number of liver transplants performed per year, there is a widening gap of supply and demand on limited donor resources. Patient selection is a complex but necessary process to evaluate patients who will benefit from liver transplant while minimizing futile transplants. Efforts should also continue to focus on minimizing perioperative complications resulting in retransplantations and more targeted immunosuppression to minimize side effects and prolong patient survival.
AB - Liver transplant rates are at an all-time high, with nearly 8000 liver transplants in 2015. Despite the increasing number of liver transplants performed per year, there is a widening gap of supply and demand on limited donor resources. Patient selection is a complex but necessary process to evaluate patients who will benefit from liver transplant while minimizing futile transplants. Efforts should also continue to focus on minimizing perioperative complications resulting in retransplantations and more targeted immunosuppression to minimize side effects and prolong patient survival.
KW - Cirrhosis
KW - Hepatic artery thrombosis
KW - Liver transplantation
KW - Overall survival
KW - Portal vein thrombosis
KW - Selection criteria
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U2 - 10.1016/j.suc.2018.09.005
DO - 10.1016/j.suc.2018.09.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30471742
AN - SCOPUS:85056879526
SN - 0039-6109
VL - 99
SP - 65
EP - 72
JO - Surgical Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -