Current status of liver transplantation in North America

Varvara A Kirchner; Nicolas Goldaracena; Gonzalo Sapisochin; Roberto Hernandez Alejandro; Shimul A Shah

doi:10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.059

Current status of liver transplantation in North America

Int J Surg. 2020 Oct:82S:9-13. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.059. Epub 2020 May 28.

Authors

Varvara A Kirchner¹, Nicolas Goldaracena², Gonzalo Sapisochin³, Roberto Hernandez Alejandro⁴, Shimul A Shah⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, USA.
² Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Canada.
⁴ Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, USA.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA. Electronic address: shahsu@ucmail.uc.edu.

PMID: 32473238
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2020.05.059

Abstract

Liver transplantation is continuing to grow and evolve in North America. Changes in organ availability, recipient selection, indications and progressive approaches to oncologic treatment have occurred in the last five years. Despite increased activity in deceased and living donation in North America, there continues to be a high mortality on the waitlist as the recipient indications have changed over time which has led to new approaches to help patients with end-stage liver disease.

Keywords: Cholangiocarcinoma; Donation after cardiac death; Hepatitis C; Living donor liver transplantation; NASH.

Publication types

Editorial
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Liver Transplantation / trends*
Living Donors
North America
Patient Selection
Tissue and Organ Procurement / supply & distribution
Tissue and Organ Procurement / trends*
Waiting Lists / mortality