Early experience in the Queensland orthotopic liver transplantation programme

The cases of the first nine patients to receive orthotopic liver transplants in the Queensland Liver Transplant Programme are reported. Problems peculiar to this type of operation are discussed generally and in the light of this experience. The anaesthetic technique employed is described. There were...

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Published inAnaesthesia and intensive care Vol. 15; no. 3; pp. 269 - 277
Main Authors BURROW, B. J, BOARD, A. J, TASKE, J. E, YOUNG, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Edgecliff Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 01.08.1987
Subjects
Abdominal surgery. Urology. Gynecology. Obstetrics
Adult
Anesthesia
Anesthesia depending on type of surgery
Anesthesia, General - methods
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Intraoperative Period
Liver Transplantation
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Human
General anesthesia
Digestive diseases
Homotransplantation
Surgery
Liver
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Summary:The cases of the first nine patients to receive orthotopic liver transplants in the Queensland Liver Transplant Programme are reported. Problems peculiar to this type of operation are discussed generally and in the light of this experience. The anaesthetic technique employed is described. There were no deaths attributable to anaesthesia.
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ISSN:0310-057X
1448-0271
DOI:10.1177/0310057x8701500305