TY - JOUR
T1 - Surgical advances in liver and bowel transplantation
AU - Saggi, Bob H.
AU - Farmer, Douglas G.
AU - Yersiz, Hasan
AU - Busuttil, Ronald W.
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Liver and intestinal transplantation are currently the treatments of choice for life-threatening hepatic and gastrointestinal failure. These technologies have evolved through contributions from the fields of immunology, anatomy, physiology, surgery, anesthesiology, critical care, ethics, epidemiology, and public health. Transplantation now accounts for the treatment of over 5,000 recipients per year who are in a state of organ failure. The available donor population, however, is not increasing to meet the demands of the faster growing recipient population. This discrepancy has led to the rapid development of novel strategies that require critical evaluation to build on the success rates in recent years. This article presents the most salient advances in liver and intestinal transplantation in the last 15 years.
AB - Liver and intestinal transplantation are currently the treatments of choice for life-threatening hepatic and gastrointestinal failure. These technologies have evolved through contributions from the fields of immunology, anatomy, physiology, surgery, anesthesiology, critical care, ethics, epidemiology, and public health. Transplantation now accounts for the treatment of over 5,000 recipients per year who are in a state of organ failure. The available donor population, however, is not increasing to meet the demands of the faster growing recipient population. This discrepancy has led to the rapid development of novel strategies that require critical evaluation to build on the success rates in recent years. This article presents the most salient advances in liver and intestinal transplantation in the last 15 years.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.atc.2004.07.005
DO - 10.1016/j.atc.2004.07.005
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15541932
AN - SCOPUS:8444231223
VL - 22
SP - 713
EP - 740
JO - Anesthesiology Clinics of North America
JF - Anesthesiology Clinics of North America
SN - 0889-8537
IS - 4
ER -