Advances in liver transplantation. New strategies and current care expand access, enhance survival.
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.
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University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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D002102:Cadaver; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D019520:Living Donors; D012008:Recurrence; D013997:Time Factors; D014850:Waiting Lists
D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents