title: Age is not a contraindication for orthotopic liver transplantation: a single institution experience with recipients older than 75 years.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Transplant community has arbitrary age limit for liver transplantation based on the increased comorbidities in aging population. There has been an increased demand to consider older patients to have access to liver transplantation as the US population continues to live longer with better health.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a single institution, retrospective review of patients, who were age 75 or over underwent liver transplantation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 13 patients, who were 75 years or older at the time of orthotopic liver transplantation. There were no intraoperative or perioperative deaths. Seven of 13 patients are still alive (53.8%) with a mean survival of 65 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study demonstrates that a with proper evaluation and careful consideration of risk factors, individuals older than 75 years of age can undergo this life-saving procedure with acceptable long-term survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA. taner.burcin@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: C Burcin
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Taner
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
authors.forename: Ryan L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ung
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
authors.forename: Barry G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Rosser
authors.affiliation: Department of Transplantation, Mayo Clinic Florida, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aranda-Michel