title: Early experience in the Queensland Orthotopic Liver Transplantation Programme.
abstract: The cases of the first nine patients to receive orthotopic liver transplants in the Queensland Liver Transplant Programme are reported. Problems peculiar to this type of operation are discussed generally and in the light of this experience. The anaesthetic technique employed is described. There were no deaths attributable to anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Burrow
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Board
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Taske
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis