PMID: 8456506Mar 8, 1993Paper

Liver transplantation in Denmark. First-year experiences

Ugeskrift for laeger
P KirkegaardL Heslet

Abstract

During the first 12 months of the Danish Liver Transplantation program, which began in October 1990, 21 transplantations were performed in 11 women, six men and three children. One patient required a retransplant. Fourteen operations were performed electively and six patients were transplanted for acute and subacute fulminant liver failure and coma, two patients had reduced size livers because of large donor liver. There were no peroperative deaths. One of the elective patients died after three weeks from multiorgan failure and sepsis. Two of the emergency patients died after 20 and 22 days. One from graft dysfunction due to stenosis of the celiac trunk and the other of exudative pericarditis. One patient died from chronic rejection and CMV-infection after seven months. Complications were relatively few and acute rejection occurred in 40% of the patients. Fifteen patients are discharged with normal liver function and 11 of these were back at work, school or previous functions in the home. It is concluded that these results are comparable to the best results from other centres but that 21 transplants in 12 months must be a minimum activity.

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