title: Liver transplantation: perspectives after 250 liver transplants at the Ochsner Clinic.
abstract: At the Ochsner Clinic we recently performed our 250th liver transplant. Reaching this milestone has led us to reflect back on the history of liver transplant, both at our own institution and nationally, noting the many achievements and improvements in liver transplantation during the relatively brief history of this therapeutic modality. Furthermore, there are a number of issues both medical and political which will likely be affecting how liver transplantation is performed in the future.
authors.affiliation: Ochsner Clinic Dept of Transplantation, New Oreleans, La., USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiff
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Regenstein
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blazek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kesler
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dick
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D008145:Louisiana; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods