Approach to Liver Transplantation: Is There a Difference between East and West?

Approach to Liver Transplantation: Is There a Difference between East and West?

Liver transplantation (LT) remains the only curative treatment for end-stage liver disease as well as acute liver failure. With the exponential increase in organ demand due to the increasing incidence and prevalence of liver diseases, the need to overcome the supply and demand mismatch has arisen. I...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical medicine 2024-04, Vol.13 (7), p.1890
Hauptverfasser: Ozturk, Nazli Begum, Bartosek, Nathanial, Toruner, Merih Deniz, Mumtaz, Aymen, Simsek, Cem, Dao, Doan, Saberi, Behnam, Gurakar, Ahmet
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Blood & organ donations
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Liver
Liver cancer
Liver cirrhosis
Liver diseases
Liver transplants
Pediatrics
Transplantation
Trends
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Zusammenfassung:Liver transplantation (LT) remains the only curative treatment for end-stage liver disease as well as acute liver failure. With the exponential increase in organ demand due to the increasing incidence and prevalence of liver diseases, the need to overcome the supply and demand mismatch has arisen. In this review, we discuss the current universal status of LT, emphasizing various LT practices worldwide.
ISSN:2077-0383
2077-0383
DOI:10.3390/jcm13071890