A decade of liver transplantation at Mayo Clinic in Florida

Clin Transpl. 2008:127-35.

Abstract

We have utilized deceased donor livers to maintain low mortality on the wait list, to provide a significantly high transplant rate, and to achieve excellent graft and patient outcomes at 3 months, one year, and 3 years, surpassing the national and expected averages. We have also shown that reLT remains a durable option for patients with recurrent disease including recurrent HCV, that DCD livers continue to be a viable source of donor grafts, and that LT in patients with high BMI produces acceptable outcomes.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Body Mass Index
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Graft Rejection / etiology
  • Graft Rejection / mortality
  • Graft Rejection / prevention & control*
  • Graft Survival*
  • Hepatitis C / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Liver Diseases / mortality
  • Liver Diseases / surgery*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Liver Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Liver Transplantation / mortality
  • Liver Transplantation / trends*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reoperation
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Time Factors
  • Tissue Donors / supply & distribution*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Waiting Lists
  • Young Adult