title: Liver transplantation at KFSHRC: achievement and challenges.
abstract: The liver transplantation program at KFSHRC has been active since 2001. More than 450 liver transplants have been performed so far. The program evolved from adult cadaveric transplant to living donor and recently to pediatric and split techniques. The 1-year survival of patients for both pediatric and adult exceeded 90% and the 5-year survival of patients is more than 80%. Associated with this success are challenges that include: organ shortage, quality of organ harvested, inability to meet the growing national need, increased demand of resource to meet the need of the program, and lack of a collaborative national strategy in organ donation and transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Prof. Mohammed Al Sebayel, Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery,, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, T: +966114424818, F: +966114424817, mohammed@alsebayel.com.
authors.forename: Mohammed I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Al
authors.forename: Faisal A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Abaalkhail
authors.forename: Hamad Al
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Bahili
authors.forename: Almoutaz Hashim
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Abdo
authors.forename: Hussein A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Elsiesy
authors.affiliation: Prof. Mohammed Al Sebayel, Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery,, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, T: +966114424818, F: +966114424817, mohammed@alsebayel.com.
authors.forename: Mohammed S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Al
authors.forename: Yasser M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: El Sheikh
authors.forename: Bassem S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Hegab
authors.forename: Yasser M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kamel
authors.forename: Talal T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: AlGoufi
authors.forename: Hazem H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Hasssan
authors.forename: Martin M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Burdelski
authors.affiliation: Prof. Mohammed Al Sebayel, Department of Liver and Small Bowel Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery,, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, T: +966114424818, F: +966114424817, mohammed@alsebayel.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Al
authors.forename: Mohamed R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Abdelfattah
authors.forename: Khaled M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Attallah
authors.forename: Talat Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Mahmood
authors.forename: Yahya Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: Firas Zahr
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Eldeen
authors.forename: Dieter C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Broering
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006761:Hospitals / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality*; D019520:Living Donors; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia