| Theme | Debatable Issues in Living-Donor Liver Transplantation | |
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| Title | Living Donor Liver Transplantation in Europe and USA | |
| Publish Date | 2005/11 | |
| Author | Takafumi Ichida | Department of Gastroenterology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital |
| [ Summary ] | The author researched the trend of living donor liver transplantation in Europe and the USA. In Europe, the numbers of living donors has gradually increased, especially in adult candidates. However, morbidity and mortality rates are as high as 21 % and 0.5 %. On the contrary, in the USA, the dramatic increase in the number of living donor liver transplants has now declined because of the implementation of the MELD scoring system, HCC and decreased mortality for liver donors. |
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