title: Liver transplantation at UCSF--a 20-year experience.
abstract: Overall, the liver transplant experience at UCSF has been a highly successful one. The program has made major contributions to the advancement of liver transplantation as a field. The UCSF has pushed the envelope in, at times, including recipients that were thought to have absolute contraindications for liver transplantation. The program is a tribute to the many physicians, surgeons and ancillary personnel, as well as those that preceded them, and participated in their training that these past 20 years has been as rewarding and as productive as they have been.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: Ryutaro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stock
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ascher
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006085:Graft Survival; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000601:surgery; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality / Q000639:trends*; D018579:Patient Selection; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012495:San Francisco; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome