Current state of adult living donor transplantation : data from the European Liver Transplant Register
Seance of wednesday 06 march 2002 (TRANSPLANTATION HEPATIQUE ET CHIRURGIE DU FOIE)
Abstract
Living donor liver transplantation is an alternative to compensatethe lack of organs. It was performed 675 times in Europe betweenOctober 1992 and June 2002 (399 times in children and 276 timesin adults). Results are comparable to those of conventional livertransplantation. Its development will hopefully lead to a reductionof mortality for patients awaiting transplantation.