Liver transplantation in Japan: Registry by the Japanese Liver Transplantation Society

• Published in: Hepatology research Vol. 49; no. 9; pp. 964 - 980
• Main Authors: Umeshita, Koji, Eguchi, Susumu, Egawa, Hiroto, Haga, Hironori, Kasahara, Mureo, Kokudo, Norihiro, Sakisaka, Shotaro, Takada, Yasutsugu, Tanaka, Eiji, Eguchi, Hidetoshi, Uemoto, Shinji, Ohdan, Hideki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2019
• Subjects: ABO system; Cirrhosis; deceased-donor liver transplantation; Donors; Heart; Hepatitis C; Japanese Liver Transplantation Society; Liver; Liver cirrhosis; Liver transplantation; living‐donor liver transplantation; prognosis; registry; Survival; Transplants & implants; Japan; Japanese Liver Transplantation Society; registry; living-donor liver transplantation; deceased-donor liver transplantation; prognosis

As of 31 December 2017, a total of 9242 liver transplants have been carried out in 67 institutions in Japan. There were 447 deceased donor transplants (444 from heart‐beating donors and 3 from non‐heart‐beating donors) and 8795 living‐donor transplants. The annual total of liver transplants in 2017...