20-year survival post-liver transplant: much more is needed!

20-year survival post-liver transplant: much more is needed!

The manuscript entitled ‘‘Analysis of adult 20-year survivors after liver transplantation [1]’’ from a single centre in Barcelona, Spain, assessed the outcome and liver function of survivors 20 years after liver transplantation, together with the cause of death in those who did not survive to reach this milestone. There were 132 adult patients who received 151 liver transplants from deceased do...

Twenty-year survival post-liver transplant: challenges and lessons.

There have been numerous reports on survival outcomes after liver transplantation with short-term and mid-term follow-up. However, only a few reports are available for 20-year long-term survivors after liver transplantation. In Korea, the first successful deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) in a 13-year-old Wilson's disease patient was performed in 1988, and the first successful living ...

How Much Is Enough… What More Is Needed?

Much more research needed on injury prevention.

Elevated Fasting Plasma Glucose before Liver Transplantation is Associated with Lower Post-Transplant Survival

BACKGROUND The risk of liver cirrhosis is higher among individuals with diabetes mellitus, and a cirrhotic patient with diabetes may have a poorer prognosis after liver transplantation compared to a patient without diabetes. Thus, we evaluated whether fasting plasma glucose prior to receiving a liver transplant was a prognostic factor for post-transplant survival. MATERIAL AND METHODS Ninety-on...