[Orthotopic liver transplantation. Experience in the University Hospital of Monterrey, N.L]

Rev Invest Clin. 2011 Sep:63 Suppl 1:79-84.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Introduction: Several programs of organ and tissues transplantation have been developed for over a decade at the University Hospital.

Objective: To describe long term complications and survival in the liver transplant program at the University Hospital, UANL.

Material and methods: The long term complications and survival were analyzed in the liver transplant program at the University Hospital Dr. José Eleuterio González in the period between 1991 and 2011.

Results: Ninety six liver transplants were performed during this period, four of them received one re-transplant and one patient received 2 retransplants. Most common long term complications were metabolic 62%, bony 31% and infectious 28%. Median survival was 78 months.

Conclusions: Liver transplant program at the University Hospital UANL has grown, being the most active in the state of Nuevo Leon, with 1-, 5- and 10-years survival of 66.1, 53.3 and 46.2%, respectively.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cohort Studies
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Liver Transplantation / statistics & numerical data*
  • Male
  • Mexico
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Young Adult