title: The future of liver transplantation.
abstract: Improvements in surgical techniques, postoperative care, and donor and recipient selection have all contributed to the increased success of OLT and to higher survival rates in patients with advanced liver disease. This progress in liver transplantation has occurred in only 45 years, since the preliminary work of Dr. Starzl, and provides a basis for future advances.
authors.affiliation: Division of Abdominal Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. comahony@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: O'Mahony
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Goss
mesh_terms: D014943:Global Health; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution
keywords: Graft survival; liver transplantation/methods/mortality; risk factors; transplantation immunology