Establishing a liver transplantation program at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran: a report of ten years of experience

Ali Jafarian; Mohssen Nassiri-Toosi; Atabak Najafi; Javad Salimi; Majid Moini; Farid Azmoudeh-Ardalan; Zahra Ahmadinejad; Setareh Davoudi; Roya Sattarzadeh; Sepideh Seifi; Reza Shariat Moharari; Ali Akbar Nejatisafa; Hossein Tavakoli; Hadi Rokni Yazdi; Hazhir Saberi; Ali Aminian; Ali Reza Kazemeini; Nasir Fakhar; Jalil Makarem; Seyed Ali Emami Meybodi; Niloufar Ayoubi Yazdi; Amir Ali Sohrabpour; Amir Kasraianfard; Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi; Bijan Eghtesad; Abbas Rabbani

Establishing a liver transplantation program at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran: a report of ten years of experience

Arch Iran Med. 2014 Jan;17(1):81-3.

Authors

Ali Jafarian¹, Mohssen Nassiri-Toosi², Atabak Najafi³, Javad Salimi⁴, Majid Moini⁴, Farid Azmoudeh-Ardalan⁵, Zahra Ahmadinejad⁶, Setareh Davoudi⁶, Roya Sattarzadeh⁷, Sepideh Seifi⁸, Reza Shariat Moharari³, Ali Akbar Nejatisafa⁹, Hossein Tavakoli⁹, Hadi Rokni Yazdi¹⁰, Hazhir Saberi¹⁰, Ali Aminian⁴, Ali Reza Kazemeini⁴, Nasir Fakhar⁴, Jalil Makarem³, Seyed Ali Emami Meybodi³, Niloufar Ayoubi Yazdi¹⁰, Amir Ali Sohrabpour¹¹, Amir Kasraianfard¹², Mohammad Ali Mohagheghi⁴, Bijan Eghtesad¹³, Abbas Rabbani⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of General Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. nasirito@tums.ac.ir.
² Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁴ Department of General Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁶ Department of Infectious disease.
⁷ Department of Cardiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁸ Department of Nephrology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
⁹ Department of Psychiatry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
¹⁰ Department of Radiology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
¹² Department of Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplantation Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
¹³ Department of HPB/Liver Transplantation Program, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 24444067

Abstract

In 2001, a Liver Transplantation (LT) program was commenced in Imam Khomeini Hospital Complex as the first one in the capital city of Tehran which is the second liver transplantation center in Iran. This study presents the results of our 10-year experience with LT.

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers*
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Cohort Studies
End Stage Liver Disease / surgery*
Female
Humans
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Iran
Liver Transplantation* / methods
Male
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Middle Aged
Program Development*
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents
Methylprednisolone