Rodríguez-Montalvo C, Tijerina-Gómez L, Flores-Villalba E, Cuevas-Estandía P, Del-Real-Romo Z, Cisneros L, Castilleja F, Castro A, Bosques-Padilla F. [Twelve years of liver transplant at the San José-Tec De Monterrey Hospital].
Rev Invest Clin 2011;
63 Suppl 1:73-78. [PMID:
22916615]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Liver transplantation is the only curative alternative for patients with end stage liver disease or acute liver failure.
AIM
To report the experience of a single transplant center in Mexico.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Fifty-five transplants in 54 adult patients were analyzed between 1999 and 2011 in a single private institution. All grafts were obtained from deceased donor. Surgical technique, donor and recipient demographics, complications, causes of death and overall survival are described. Results were expressed as range and percentages. A Kaplan-Meier survival curve was done to analyze patient and graft survival.
RESULTS
Main cause of cirrhosis was hepatitis C virus infection followed by alcohol intake. A 16% of patients developed biliary complications without graft loss, and vascular complications were observed in 15%. Patient survival at one and five years was 83% and 76%, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS
Complication rates and survival in our center are comparable to those in the United States and Europe.
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