title: Clinical intestinal transplantation.
abstract: The advent of tacrolimus allowed clinical intestinal transplantation to become a feasible procedure for patients with irreversible intestinal failure. Over last 5 years, 71 patients underwent intestinal transplantation. Forty-one recipients were children, and 30 recipients were adults. Twenty-five patients received an isolated intestinal graft, 34 patients received a combined liver-intestinal graft, and 12 received a multivisceral graft. The colon was included the intestinal graft in 29 patients. One-year, 2-year, and 4-year actuarial patient survival is 72%, 57%, and 45%, respectively. Our experience has shown that infectious, and immunological problems have caused significant morbidity and mortality. In this paper, we present our clinical experience and overview with intestinal transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Pittsburgh Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh, 4C Falk Clinic, 3601 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abu-Elmagd
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Todo