title: Eight years experience with liver transplantation in Rio Hortega hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We sought to evaluate our transplant series in light of the parameters outlined in the quality criteria established by the Spanish Hepatic Transplant Society (Sociedad Española de Trasplante Hepático [SETH]).
  
  
  METHODS
  We retrospectively analyzed 240 hepatic transplantations performed in 223 patients from November 2001 to December 2009.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the series, 57% were in Child class C, 50% had cirrhosis without hepatocellular carcinoma, and 32% had this neoplasm. The most common cause for the illness was alcohol, followed by a virus, namely hepatitis C virus in 76% of cases. The average waiting list time was 45.14 days. The total graft ischemia averaged 460 minutes (range, 265-937). The 4.1% (n = 10), incidence of an urgent retransplantation was mainly due to primary graft failure or arterial thrombosis. During the perioperative period the mortality rate was 2.5% (n = 6) and the 1-month mortality rate was 6.6% (n = 16). The raw survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years after the operation are 85%, 78%, and 72%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our perioperative as well as the long-term results fall within the quality standards established by SETH.
authors.affiliation: Unit Liver Transplant, Universitary Río Hortega Hospital, Valladolid, Spain.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pérez-Saborido
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pacheco-Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barrera-Rebollo
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sarmentero-Prieto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pinto-Fuentes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Vielba
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Asensio-Díaz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Labarga-Rodríguez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Antolín
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anta-Román
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013030:Spain