The present state of liver transplantation and the future prospects for intestinal transplantation.

In this brief review, I will give an account of what has happened in the field of liver transplantation in the last 32 years and comment on the prospects for the transplantation of gastrointestinal organs, to be specific, of the intestines. Case Report Liver replacement always has been the most interesting of the transplant procedures. Let me start by illustrating with a case report what a powerful tool for scientific inquiry a liver transplantation can be. A tiny child was seen shortly after birth at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. The baby was lethargic, with convulsions and a blood ammonia of over 1000 ]1H/ml. The hyperarrunonemia immediately suggested the diagnosis of urea cycle enzyme deficiency. Although at least a half dozen hepatic mitochondrial and cytosolic