title: [Interdisciplinary evaluation for liver transplantation: the Bern concept].
abstract: Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is the therapy of choice for a variety of end-stage liver diseases. The 5 year survival rate for electively operated patients with non malignant liver disease is exceeding 70%. Crucial for patient management is the early referral of the patient to a liver transplant center where an interdisciplinary evaluation of the patient is undertaken during a short hospital stay. The diagnosis will be confirmed, the operability assessed, contraindications excluded and the conservative treatment improved. A timely operation is of extreme importance and is based on an estimation of the severity and the dynamics of the liver disease. The liver transplantation should be performed early in a patient with a preserved liver function in order to achieve the best results.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Viszerale und Transplantationschirurgie, Inselspital, Universität Bern.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Renzulli
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Seiler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naef
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Büchler
mesh_terms: D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000401:mortality; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013557:Switzerland