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  • Title: [Indications and current developments in liver transplantation].
    Author: Neuhaus P, Bechstein WO, Hopf U, Blumhardt G, Steffen R.
    Journal: Leber Magen Darm; 1989 Dec; 19(6):289-308. PubMed ID: 2559270.
    Abstract:
    Today, liver transplantation has become a routine treatment in many centres and will be increasingly applied in the future. Principal indications for liver transplantation are endstage chronic liver diseases, namely cirrhoses of various origin, fulminant hepatic failure, metabolic liver disease, and rarely non-resectable malignant tumors of the liver. Clinical and biochemical parameters indicative of the indication for liver transplantation can be stated with greater confidence. Advances in organ preservation with a new cold storage solution (University of Wisconsin solution) and further refinements in surgical technique and immunosuppression with application of multimodal protocols have led to a one-year-survival rate of 70%-80% in experienced centers. Since October 1988, 32 patients underwent liver transplantation in Berlin, currently, 31 patients are alive, while one patient died due to systemic fungal infection.
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