title: Long-term management after liver transplantation: primary care physician versus transplant hospital.
abstract: Liver transplantation has rapidly evolved from an almost experimental procedure to a widely accepted and validated therapeutic tool for the management of terminal liver diseases. Survival after OLT has significantly improved over the time, with overall 5-year survival rates of >70%. This article examines the problems that are emerging as long-term survival increases.
authors.affiliation: Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: rbanares@telefonica.net.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bañares
authors.affiliation: Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salcedo
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D014943:Global Health; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D058007:Physicians, Primary Care; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends; D013997:Time Factors