Liver Transplantation: What Every Gastroenterologist Should Know about It.

Middle East J Dig Dis

Department of Surgery, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Published: April 2018

Liver Transplantation (LT) is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage liver disease. Improvement in outcomes (allograft and patient survival) has led to widespread use of LT worldwide. This success is due to improvement in patient selection, transplantation surgery, anesthesia/postoperative care, and immunosuppression management. This review will focus on different aspects of LT, which every physician should know to provide better patient care.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6040923PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/mejdd.2018.93DOI Listing

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