Liver transplantation in Hong Kong
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Liver transplantation (LT) is the therapy of choice for endstage liver disease. Factors contributing to its increasing success include improved anaesthetic and surgical techniques, enhanced donor organ preservation, better recipient selection, and more specific management of transplant rejection. More patients are being referred for consideration of such therapy as the success of LT is better known. The Prince of Wales Hospital (PWH) LT programme’s overall actuarial 1-year survival for non-urgent cases to date is 84%. In Hong Kong, approximately 10% of the population are hepatitis B chronic carriers, and 25% of these patients will eventually die of hepatitis B–related complications. Relaxation of prerequisites for potential recipients and indications for LT have increased the demand for LT. In this review, based on the PWH LT programme experience, local issues concerning LT in Hong Kong are highlighted.
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