title: Results of orthotopic liver transplantation: a personal experience.
abstract: The authors report on their experience of 158 liver transplants performed on 135 patients. Nineteen underwent re-transplantation and four of these required a second re-transplantation; total number of re-transplantations: 23 (14.6%). Hepatic cirrhosis was the most common indication (50.6%), of which alcoholic cirrhosis was the most common type (32.5%). The authors briefly report on their operative techniques and the results of their procedures. The operative mortality (30 days) was 13.3% (18 out of 135 patients). Complications included nine cases of hepatic artery thrombosis (5.7%), four of arterial stenosis (2.5%), one case of portal venous stenosis (0.63%), four cases of post-operative portal venous thrombosis (2.5%), seven of biliary fistula (4.4%; five following choledochocholedochostomy and two following choledochojejunostomy), and two cases of common bile duct stenosis (1.3%). The actuarial survival rate at 48 months is 80%.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre, General and Digestive Surgery Service C, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: González Pinto
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Loinaz
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Riaño
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Maffettone
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Bercedo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perez-Cerdá
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ibañez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013030:Spain; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome