title: Liver surgery and transplantation in China: Progress and Challenges.
abstract: From the limited but available information, we traced the history of developments of liver surgery and transplantation in China. Liver surgery first started in the late 1950s in China, and it soon flourished mainly because of the great demand in liver surgery and the emergence of a number of giants in liver surgery. We recognized and honoured the important contributions of these Chinese pioneers in portal hypertension, recurrent pyogenic cholangitis, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China, josephlau@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk.
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: E C H
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Lai