[Twelve years of liver transplant at the San José-Tec De Monterrey Hospital].
BACKGROUND
Liver transplantation is the only curative alternative for patients with end stage liver disease or acute liver failure.


OBJECTIVE
To report the experience of a single transplant center in Mexico.


METHODS
Fifty-five transplants in 54 adult patients were analyzed between 1999 and 2011 in a single private institution. All grafts were obtained from deceased donor. Surgical technique, donor and recipient demographics, complications, causes of death and overall survival are described. Results were expressed as range and percentages. A Kaplan-Meier survival curve was done to analyze patient and graft survival.


RESULTS
Main cause of cirrhosis was hepatitis C virus infection followed by alcohol intake. A 16% of patients developed biliary complications without graft loss, and vascular complications were observed in 15%. Patient survival at one and five years was 83% and 76%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Complication rates and survival in our center are comparable to those in the United States and Europe.
Centro de Enfermedades Hepáticas, Hospital San José-Tec de Monterrey. cxliver@gmail.com
Carlos
C
Rodríguez-Montalvo
Lucas
L
Tijerina-Gómez
Eduardo
E
Flores-Villalba
Pedro
P
Cuevas-Estandía
Zanndor
Z
Del-Real-Romo
Laura
L
Cisneros
Fernando
F
Castilleja
Alfonso
A
Castro
Francisco
F
Bosques-Padilla
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008800:Mexico; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult