title: [Liver transplant indication and waiting list inclusion].
abstract: The authors have presented an overview of indications and inclusion of patients to the liver transplant waiting list in the Brno transplant centre over a period of 30 years from the first liver transplant performed in the Czech Republic (the then Czechoslovakia). The first clinical liver transplant in the Czech Republic was performed on 2 February 1983. Indication for the transplant was a malignant liver tumour. For a period of 30 years (from 2 February 1983 to 15 January 2013) a total of 592 patients were placed on the waiting list and a total of 453 liver transplants were performed. An urgent liver transplant was carried out in 32 patients over the same period of time.
authors.affiliation: Centrum kardiovaskularni a transplantacni chirurgie Brno. libuse.husova@cktch.cz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Husová
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery*; D018153:Czech Republic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008297:Male; D018579:Patient Selection; D013997:Time Factors; D014850:Waiting Lists