Advances in liver transplantation. New strategies and current care expand access, enhance survival

Postgrad Med. 2004 May;115(5):73-6, 79-85. doi: 10.3810/pgm.2004.05.1514.

Abstract

Liver transplantation revolutionized the management of liver disease. Although the number of patients who could benefit from a transplant far exceeds the number of available cadaveric donors, new strategies, such as splitting cadaveric organs and using living donors, have expanded access to transplantation. Here, a team of transplant physicians highlights these new strategies, as well as the long-term management issues of special relevance to primary care physicians caring for transplant recipients.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cadaver
  • Contraindications
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Liver Diseases / surgery*
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Liver Transplantation / trends*
  • Living Donors
  • Recurrence
  • Time Factors
  • Waiting Lists

Substances

  • Immunosuppressive Agents