title: [A brief history of liver transplantation].
abstract: Since 1950s, the idea of liver transplantation (LT) was proposed, the technique of LT had been gradually and widely appliedin the field of clinical surgery, experiencing three stages of animal experiment, clinical probation and clinical application. It is generally acknowledged as the common and effective therapeutic method for terminal stage of liver diseases. Recently, the technique of LT has made rapid progress in Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. China is the second biggest LT country in the world, only next to USA.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Liver Transplantation of the General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces, Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yun-Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: Xiong-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhong-Yang
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D013624:Taiwan